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:    Why are you late, Frank? 
FRANK:          Because of the sign. 
TEACHER:    What sign? 
FRANK:         The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow." 
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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 s 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:     Guss, why do you always get so dirty? 
GUSS:             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 ax 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, teacher, 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.