Kids Are Quick… are you quicker?

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TEACHER:   Maria, go to the map and find North America ..

MARIA:      Here it is.

TEACHER:  Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?

CLASS:        Maria.

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TEACHER:  John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

JOHN:         You told me to do it without using tables.

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TEACHER:  Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'

GLENN:       K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'

TEACHER:  No, that's wrong

GLENN:       Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

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TEACHER:  Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?

DONALD:     H I J K L M N O.

TEACHER:  What are you talking about?

DONALD:     Yesterday you said it's H to O.

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TEACHER:  Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.

WINNIE:     Me!

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TEACHER:  Glen, why do you always get so dirty?

GLEN:        Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

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TEACHER:    Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'

MILLIE:          I is..

TEACHER:    No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'

MILLIE:          All right.....  'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'    

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TEACHER:   George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?

LOUIS:     Because George still had the axe in his hand.  

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TEACHER:  Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SIMON:      No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

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TEACHER:    Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?

CLYDE :      No, sir.  It's the same dog.

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TEACHER:     Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD:       A teacher

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PASS IT AROUND AND MAKE SOMEONE LAUGH!

LAUGHTER IS THE SOUL'S MEDICINE!!

Kids Are Quick… are you quicker?

____________________________________

 

TEACHER:   Maria, go to the map and find North America ..

MARIA:      Here it is.

TEACHER:  Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?

CLASS:        Maria.

____________________________________

 

TEACHER:  John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

JOHN:         You told me to do it without using tables.

__________________________________________

 

TEACHER:  Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'

GLENN:       K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'

TEACHER:  No, that's wrong

GLENN:       Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

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TEACHER:  Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?

DONALD:     H I J K L M N O.

TEACHER:  What are you talking about?

DONALD:     Yesterday you said it's H to O.

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TEACHER:  Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.

WINNIE:     Me!

__________________________________________

 

TEACHER:  Glen, why do you always get so dirty?

GLEN:        Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

_______________________________________

 

TEACHER:    Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'

MILLIE:          I is..

TEACHER:    No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'

MILLIE:          All right.....  'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'    

______________ ___________________

 

TEACHER:   George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?

LOUIS:     Because George still had the axe in his hand.  

______________________________________

 

TEACHER:  Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SIMON:      No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

______________________________

 

TEACHER:    Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?

CLYDE :      No, sir.  It's the same dog.

___________________________________

 

TEACHER:     Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD:       A teacher

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PASS IT AROUND AND MAKE SOMEONE LAUGH!

LAUGHTER IS THE SOUL'S MEDICINE!!

Beautiful chicks in the world

Beautiful chicks in the world

No homework at this UK school

From TODAY, World
Tuesday September 30, 2008

British education

LONDON — Homework is to be scrapped due to the amount of tension it causes, at a school set to become the biggest in the United Kingdom.

Nottingham East Academy, which will have 3,570 pupils when it opens next year, says it will replace homework with an extra lesson and after-school activities. It claims to be the first school in the country to take such a stand.

Mr Barry Day, who is set to become principal at the new academy, believes the move will help children from poorer or illiterate families and those whose parents do not speak English.

“If you ask most heads what most detentions are for, they will tell you for non-completion of homework,” he said.

“Homework causes an enormous amount of home conflict … It is often set simply because there is an expectation it should be set. It does not help with education at all.“

Earlier this year, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) called for an all-out ban on homework in primary schools, saying that forcing pupils to work at home was counter-productive.

Ms Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL, said in March: “I think a lot of homework is a waste of time. It puts a huge amount of stress, particularly on disadvantaged children from disadvantaged homes.”

The new academy, which plans to scrap homework in 2011, will retain some homework for exam revision and coursework, but otherwise it will ask parents to encourage their children to read books in a relaxed manner, and report twice a term on what they have read.

Government guidance suggests between 45 and 90 minutes of homework a night for pupils in the first year of secondary school.

But some leading schools ask 11 and 12-year-olds to complete three or four hours’ homework.

Nottingham East academy will cost about £50 million ($129 million) and educate children from nursery age to 19.

Last week, Tiffin Boys’ School in southwest London decided to scale back homework schedules amid fears that it was leaving pupils “depressed”.

The top-rated grammar school wrote to parents telling them it will limit homework to one 40-minute assignment, along with 20 minutes of independent study.

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