| Dear Miss Gormon, I've ingoid having you for a teacher. Insted of forsing lerning you inspiare it. You do not yell, you have pachines with us, and thats the way a teacher shood be. I think you are the best teacher in the hole school. I've lerned more in your room than in the hole school. Your pupul, David | received by a teacher in Chicago |
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| In the words of George Bernard Shaw, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by." | Indiana Governor Evan Bayh, misquoting Robert Frost (not Shaw), calling for educational excellence at a meeting of the Educational Committee of the state |
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| Our new teacher told us all about fossils. Before she came to our class, I didn't know what a fossil looked like. | anonymous student |
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The College's Affirmative Action Policy and the policy of non-descrimination which assure equal employment opportunity and access to programs are based on the following state and federal laws, and executive orders: . . . 14) Equal Pay Act of 1963 (requires equal sex for equal work) | excerpt from the Evergreen State College handbook |
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| The teacher wrote "Like I ain't had no fun in months" on the board, and then she said, "Timmy, how should I correct that?" Timmy replied, "Maybe get a new boyfriend?" | no comment |
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| White folks was in caves while we was building empires. We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it. | Rev. Al Sharpton, who done made this here speech at Kean College of New Jersey |
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| The entire dorm will be repainted with new carpet. | Dr. David Burks, president of Harding University, who is going to give me a demonstration on how to paint with carpet |
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NOTE Please excuse Richard's tardiness - he truly split every pair of pants he owns over the weekend and we had to wash and dry this morning. Luckily he still had a couple of soiled unsplit ones. Thank you, Mrs. Bronson P.S. He's extra late now because the clean ones just split and we have to go shopping! | parental excuse received by Lester Balcom while he was administrator of C. L. Ganus Christian School |
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Teacher: Use "I" in a sentence. Student: I is . . . Teacher (interrupting): No, don't say "I is"; say "I am." Student: I am the ninth letter of the alphabet. | contributed by Lancelot Gobbo |
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