It's the end of another stressful week -- time for a break! Check
out some education humor on the Web. Then share a story or two with your
teachers to lighten their load.
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Are you tired of disciplining distracted students, scheduling PPTs,
agonizing over retentions and next year's class lists? Have those tedious,
end-of-the-year duties got you down? Take a break. Live a little. Laugh
a lot. There's humor on the Web too. Experts say that a little humor can
go a long way toward lightening the load. It can be an extremely important
component of long-term professional survival. To make sure humor is a
part of your world, Education World brings you some of the funniest education-related
sites on the Web!
THE FUNNY BONE'S CONNECTED TO...
...THE CLASSROOM
Just when you think they've finally got it -- students surprise you
with a veritable gold mine of misinformation. But before you decide to
let your certification lapse, check out these sites for funny stories
about unintentionally funny kids.
Student
History Bloopers
Information you hope you'll never see on a history test! Socrates may
have "died from an overdose of wedlock," but you're more likely to laugh
yourself to death at this site.
That's
Rich: Kids' Science Theories
You'll see life in a whole new way when you discover that "Evaporation
gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on." Many
other scientific principles are explained in similar fashion.
Real
Mistakes in Scientific Exam Papers
For those who haven't had their fill of such scientific malapropisms as
"The pistol of a flower is its only protection agenst insects."
Student
Excuses
Purportedly real absence notes from real parents. But are the excuses
for real? And even if Ray does have "loose vowels," don't his consonants
belong in school?
...THE TEACHERS' ROOM
Explore these sites only if you're an educational professional who can
tell -- and take -- a joke.
Are
Teacher Salaries Too High?
The question you hate to hear at dinner parties! Finally there's an answer
you can say out loud...
Ins
and Outs: A Collection for Cool Principals
What's hot and what's not in education? You aren't still asking your "student
teachers" for "outcome-based" "lesson plans," are you? If so, you'd better
check out this site.
...GRAD SCHOOL
Still in school yourself, struggling to get that all-important advanced
degree? Check out this site for the perpetual students among you.
