On Monday my boys, much like most kids in North Texas, will be heading to their first day of school. Aidan will be in the first grade this year and my little one, Alex, will be starting Prekindergarten. We will be meeting their teachers this evening and delivering their school supplies.
No doubt on Monday, they will be dressed to impress with new backpacks in tow, ready to make new friends and hopefully gain some knowledge as well. On this day I will wave goodbye and be reminded once again of how fast they grow up. ~Sniff~ Enough of the sappy stuff. ~Deep sigh~
Since school will be starting so soon, I started thinking about hilarity and humor that students, parents and educators alike will all be subject to this year. And so, I thought a few funny anecdotes might set the mood for the upcoming school year. So here you go, I hope you enjoy these!
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"If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers."
"But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret."
"Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file from smallest to tallest? What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?"
"My father wanted me to have all the educational opportunities he never had, so he sent me to a girls school."
"As long as teachers give tests, there will always be prayer in schools."
"One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets idly, looking like cannibals during a shortage of missionaries."
"The teacher should make a concerted effort never to lose his temper in the presence of the class. If a man, he may take refuge in profane soliloquies. If a woman, she may follow the example of one sweet-faced tranquil girl who went out in the yard and gnawed a post."
"Education is when you read the find print; experience is what you get when you don't."
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only that the cat died nobly."
"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."
