Had any good chuckles lately?

We've all had them, those times at school when we want to fall down and roll on the floor, howling with laughter. Sometimes we do laugh but there are those times we have to swallow it to keep the person involved from knowing (s)he's made a big boner. Why not share your experiences here and let us all enjoy your moment.

Keep your stories short but true, and only send stories that haven't been copyright protected (unless you own the copyright and send written permission to post your story). In order to protect those in the stories all names will be changed before posting to this site. Males will be given names starting with "M," females will be given names starting with "F," and, in the cases where I can't tell the gender, the name given will begin with "W" which means "I haven't got the faintest clue."

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4-21-02
From Lonnie B:

While I am studying to become an elementary teacher, I am also subbing. During one sub day, I was reading and highlighting a college text. A student, after watching for a short time remarked, "Do you mark all the words you don't know?"

5-14-01
Anonymous submission

I was subbing in a 4th grade class because the teacher was attending her graduation ceremony. I asked her students what degree she was getting: An M.A. So I asked if they knew what subject it was in. Yes, they did: Typing.

I didn't laugh at the time, but later told the teacher's aide privately and we giggled. She said the teacher will love to hear that one when she returns!



12-14-00
From Tracy S./CT:

We were discussing decomposers in my biology class and a student asked if it was true that worms would eat your corpse. I explained that coffins eventually rot away and any human remains would be digested by decomposers. That's when a boy in my class, who often confused words, chimed in.

"Not me!" he declared, "I'm going to be whip creamed!"

"I think you mean cremated," I replied.

"Right!" he said. "Whip cremated!"



10-30-00
From Abe F./Michigan:

In the early '90s I was selected to reopen a school that had been closed for two and a half years. I Found the task difficult, since all my students were in grade 4 or below. And many of those were challenged learners -- how challenged I was about to find out.

Based on my philosophy of learning I placed students for reading instruction based on a relatively simple diagnostic tool I learned in college. I then grouped the students by where they placed. Then began the usual instruction, which included vocabulary lessons for each new story.

One day the group of my weakest readers (which included one 4th grader) was at my table reading their story. One of the students stopped at a name. I prompted him by reminding him that that name was one of the vocabulary words. "I know," he retorted. "It's my middle name, but I don't remember what it is!"