> >TEACHER: How old were you on your last birthday?
> >STUDENT: Seven.
> >TEACHER: How old will you be on your next birthday?
> >STUDENT: Nine.
> >TEACHER: That's impossible.
> >STUDENT: No, it isn't, Teacher. I'm eight today.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >SUBSTITUTE TEACHER: Are you chewing gum?
> >BILLY : No, I'm Billy Anderson.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: Didn't you promise to behave?
> >STUDENT: Yes, Sir.
> >TEACHER: And didn't I promise to punish you if you didn't?
> >STUDENT: Yes, Sir, but since I broke my promise, I don't expect you to
> >keep yours.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: Tommy, why do you always get so dirty?
> >TOMMY : Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >HAROLD : Teacher, would you punish me for something I didn't do?
> >TEACHER : Of course not.
> >HAROLD : Good, because I didn't do my homework.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: I hope I didn't see you looking at Don's paper.
> >JOHN : I hope you didn't either.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >GARY : I don't think I deserve a zero on this test.
> >TEACHER: I agree, but it's the lowest mark I can give you.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >MOTHER : Why did you get such a low mark on that test?
> >JUNIOR : Because of absence.
> >MOTHER : You mean you were absent on the day of the test?
> >JUNIOR : No, but the kid who sits next to me was.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >SILVIA : Dad, can you write in the dark?
> >FATHER : I think so. What do you want me to write?
> >SYLVIA : Your name on this report card.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: Well, at least there's one thing I can say about your son.
> >FATHER : What's that?
> >TEACHER: With grades like these, he couldn't be cheating.
> >-----------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: In this box, I have a 10-foot snake.
> >SAMMY : You can't fool me, Teacher... snakes don't have feet.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >HYGIENE TEACHER: How can you prevent diseases caused by biting insects?
> >JOSE : Don't bite any.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: Ellen, give me a sentence starting with "I".
> >ELLEN : I is...
> >TEACHER: No, Ellen. Always say, "I am."
> >ELLEN : All right... "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."
> >--------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: Max, use "defeat," "defense," and "detail" in a sentence.
> >MAX : The rabbit cut across the field, and defeat went over defense
> >before detail.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >MOTHER : Why on earth did you swallow the money I gave you?
> >JUNIOR : You said it was my lunch money.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: If you received $10 from 10 people, what would you get?
> >SASHA : A new bike.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER: If you had one dollar and you asked your father for another,
> >how many dollars would you have?
> >VINCENT: One dollar.
> >TEACHER: (sadly)You don't know your arithmetic.
> >VINCENT: (even more sadly)You don't know my father
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >TEACHER : If I had seven oranges in one hand and eight oranges in the
> >other, what would I have?
> >CLASS COMEDIAN: Big hands!
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >BOY : Isn't the principal a dummy!
> >GIRL: Say, do you know who I am?
> >BOY : No.
> >GIRL: I'm the principal's daughter.
> >BOY : And do you know who I am?
> >GIRL: No.
> >BOY : Thank goodness!