15-09-21 I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the art since the medium is the human mind and spirit. I shall speak only of my first teac...

15-09-14 A first-grade teacher explains to her class that she is an New England Patriots fan. She asks her students to raise their hands if they are Patriots fans too. Not really knowing what a Patriots fan was, but wanting to be liked by their teacher, thei...

15-07-16 The Chinese people call flattery to someone's face presenting a tall hat to someone. In the past, an official in the imperial court in Beijing was appointed to an official post outside the capital. Before departure, he went to his teacher's home to...

15-07-07 John is not a good student. He always sleeps in the class. Today he sleeps again. John! Teacher says angrily. What? What's wrong? John is awaken. Why do you make a face? It's classroom. Look! Everyone is laughing. Teacher says. No one is laughing. T...

15-07-07 A teacher asked her class: Is the sentence 'The ox and the cow are in the fields' correct? Most of the children said: Yes, it is all right! And only one little boy said: No, it is not correct. The lady must be mentioned first. 一位老师问班上的学生：...

15-06-19 An Italian teacher has decided to forgo setting the usual holiday homework for his students and has instead given them a list of life advice. 意大利一位老师决定用一系列的生活建议来代替常规的学生暑期作业。 Most schoolchildren in Italy are given schoo...

15-05-21 Mr. Baldwin, the biology teacher called on Mary, Can you tell me the part of the body that, under the right conditions, expands to six times it's normal size, and state the conditions. Mary gasped and said in a huff, Why, Mr. Baldwin! That is an ina...

15-05-21 The teacher had given the class an assignment. He stresses the importance of this particular assignment, and that no excuses will be accepted except illness (with a medical certificate) or a death in the immediate family (with a note from that membe...

15-03-31 A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a living. Tim, you be first, she said. What does your mother do all day? Tim stood up and proudly said, She's a doctor. That's wonderful. How about you, Amie? Amie shyly stood up,...

15-03-31 A teacher gave her class of 11 year olds an assignment: To get their parent to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories. Ashley said, My father's a farmer and we have...