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Teacher-humorist John P. Wood offers another tongue-in-cheek report from the fictional Fuddle River Schools. Any similarity to real schools district is purely scary.
The board of Fuddle River Schools met this week to review the proposed new names for the district’s athletic teams and mascot. The current name, “The Fuddle River Ferrets” has come under considerable attack for several years for its perceived timidity. Three years ago the name was changed to “The Fuddle River Fighting Ferrets,” but many were concerned about the violence the name implied.
JP Wood’s imaginary Fuddle River School is the source of some good education-related humor. Partake, courtesy of LearningLaffs.com!
FACULTY LOUNGE
Greetings from Fuddle River Schools. The board met this week to listen to concerns from high school teachers regarding their faculty lounge.
According to the teachers, Principal Batson gave permission to retirement planning consultants to set up …
It started with our school and district mission statements. I was told that laminated copies of each needed to adorn the walls of my classroom and that officials from the district office would check to see if I was in or out of compliance…
I say the same things to my students so many times on any given day that they know exactly what I am going to say before the first syllable is out of my mouth. So why even bother with the whole statement? Why not save my breath?
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Students are isolated in a study hall and they must complete their homework in a timely manner. Those who are less than productive are voted out of the study hall …
When things are bad, just remember: they could be worse.
I was called into my principal’s office for another of his “reviews” of my work again last week. “I noticed you logged on later than usual yesterday,” he told me, his face close to his computer screen….
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