“An abstract noun,” the teacher said, “is something you can think of, but you can’t touch it. Can you give me an example of one?” “Sure,” the teenage student replied. “My father’s…
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A college physics professor was explaining a particularly complicated concept to his class when a pre-med student interrupted him. “Why do we have to learn this stuff?” the young man blurted out….
The 100-year-old building that had served as a student residence and study hall of a small university was about to be demolished. As the wrecker’s ball began to strike, I thought I…
Two boys were arguing in class when the teacher entered the room. The teacher asked, “Why are you arguing?” One boy answered, “We found a ten-dollar bill and decided to give it…
Miss Jones had been giving her second-grade students a lesson on science. She had explained about magnets and showed how they would pick up nails and other bits of iron. Now it…
A teacher arranged her young students into a circle. She then went around the circle and asked each one a question. “Davey, what sound does a cow make?” Davey replied, “It goes…
One mother arrived at school each morning with her seven children in tow, all a bit rumpled but never the less on time. Scarcely able to get her one child ready for…
An elementary school teacher, well versed in educational jargon, asked for a small allotment of money for “behavior modification reinforcers.” The principal saw the item and asked, “what in heaven’s name is…
An English teacher at a university spent a lot of time marking grammatical errors in her students’ written work. She wasn’t sure how much impact she was having until one overly busy…
An elementary school teacher, wanting to point out proper behavior, was asking the youngsters rules that their parents might give before taking them to a nice restaurant. “Don’t play with your food,”…
One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class. She came to the part of the story where Chicken Little tried to warn the farmer….
A group of people were touring a university campus and they noticed several students on their hands and knees assessing the courtyard with pencils and clipboards in hand. “What are they doing?”…