There is a teacher at my school who is quite a funny practical joker. I, however, am not. Would any of you happen to know of any good practical jokes I could play on him in return? We both teach in portable classrooms, if that is any help... Thanks!
One day we were driving out for lunch (4 of us in our dept.). We were following a police officer and were stopped as the police officer ahead of us was waiting for an entry point into traffic of the road ahead. My department head (who was in the PASSENGER seat honked the horn! I was shocked and am still surprised that the police officer didn't do something.
> > put twwo mice in teachers desk . when that teacher will open it > look at the reactions of her . i have played this joke before > it was successful.
I was walking down our hallway and saw a first grade student with a cute new haircut. I told her I thought she looked beautiful. I added that I thought I could use a haircut soon too. She took a long look at my over-processed hair and said "Do you HAVE a hairbrush?"
On 12/21/06, Cheryl wrote: > > I was walking down our hallway and saw a first grade > student with a cute new haircut. I told her I thought she > looked beautiful. I added that I thought I could use a > haircut soon too. She took a long look at my over- processed > hair and said "Do you HAVE a hairbrush?"
Little Johnny walks into school one day to find a substitute in place of his regular teacher.
She says "Hello class, I'm Mrs. Prussy. When you say my name class remember it has an "r" after the first letter"
The entire class says" Hello Mrs. Prussy" A few days later the regular teacher is still sick When Johny gets to his desk the teacher asks what her name is.
Little Johnny thinks hard and the says to the teacher "I Remember it has an "R" after the first letter".
"That's right" she coaxed. Then after a few seconds Little Johnny says "Mrs. Crunt?"
On 12/25/06, ACE wrote: > Little Johnny walks into school one day to find a substitute > in place of his regular teacher. > > She says "Hello class, I'm Mrs. Prussy. When you say my name > class remember it has an "r" after the first letter" > > The entire class says" Hello Mrs. Prussy" A few days later > the regular teacher is still sick When Johny gets to his > desk the teacher asks what her name is. > > Little Johnny thinks hard and the says to the teacher "I > Remember it has an "R" after the first letter". > > "That's right" she coaxed. Then after a few seconds Little > Johnny says "Mrs. Crunt?"
I was teaching in an English and given the maths topic of chance. Taking several coins we discussed the probability of one coin...in coming down heads or tails.... I then took several children to the front of the class and gave each one a coin.Ee were going to toss the coins in every increasing numbers and predict the results..e.g. How many heads and how many tails ?" I then turned to the remainder of the class and said...."This morning we have a group of tossers in our class"....there was mass hysteria and children falling off chairs....I had to revert to the phrase...."Okay this morning we have a group of coin spinners here."
After teaching at an English primary school near Bracknell, I announced to the class I was heading back to Australia.
1. One boy asked me if I was gonna speak Australian again when i get home.
2. A girl asked me how I sleep in Australia. "Why just like you," I said, "why do you ask ?" "Don't you keep falling out of bed? It obvious as we are down under.....
When you have to write that formal lesson plan with the standards it addresses and a rationale for why you chose the standards, choose them randomly--just click on any 3 off of an online list-- and then rationalize what you have. It works--since any standard can be used to justify almost any topic you are teaching-- and it saves time by not making you hunt for the right standards.
When your teacher goes over how to teach "concept development" by telling you "4 legs" is an "essential characteristic" of a dog--i.e. part of the "concept"-- ask him/her if the dog you saw in the park with 3 legs is still a dog.. watch the face drop in shock.
Go ahead and laugh during break if you see a class that's a textbook model of direct instruction outlining the reasons why direct instruction is not a good method to use in class.
Ask the questions you really want answered: What is "higher order thinking"?
How does this class on "What if dolphins could talk.." really connect to anything I'd be doing in high school chemistry?
Do you care that Bloom admits he has absolutely no evidence to support his multiple intelligences theory?
On 1/07/07, obnoxious and fed up education student wrote: > > Go ahead and laugh during break if you see a class that's a > textbook model of direct instruction outlining the reasons > why direct instruction is not a good method to use in class. >
Oh, don't you worry, I've been laughing every Tuesday and Thursday since this semester began, lol!
I wrote a memoir about teaching in urban America called, “My First Year in Purgatory.” It’s a comic, nightmarish, and hopefully insightful diary. The book is loaded with disturbing yet funny student behaviors, examples of inept administrators, and teachers being driven to the brink of nervous breakdowns. It’s spiced up with original illustrations. Since I’m still teaching, I used a pseudonym. I self published the book at site called Lulu. Please go to Lulu.com and type in “My First Year in Purgatory” or copy-paste: [link removed]
I was earnestly trying to get the concept of MOOD in literature across to my 4th-graders. I told them it was the emotion(s) the author made you feel, and asked them for another word for "emotions." (I was looking for "feelings"). One bright boy raised his hand and confidently said "hormones." They are priceless!
One day we were driving out for lunch (4 of us in our dept.). We were following a police officer and were stopped as th...See More