Amusement, irony, and sarcasm in classrooms across the blogosphere…

Teaching kindergarten is planning for Halloween ‘academic games’ and changing 29 children into costumes for a 20 minute party, solely for the amusement of her principal.

Hobo Teacher laments a colleague’s use of “The Math Pimp” persona. I suggest announcing it over the P.A. system.

Mrs. Bluebird uncovers yet another reason to preview materials before passing them out to children…and it involves the male reproductive system.

Mrs. Chili writes a letter to her students’ parents about laziness and apathy, and receives a single response.

John Spencer creates a video debunking the danger of “Denim Day”. I would argue that certain teachers wearing certain jean styles could be, in fact, dangerous and may cause temporary blindness, but point taken.

The Bus Driver tries out some logical consequences for Puke Girl and Poop Boy.

Mystery Teacher poses for a school picture…and “the office” requests a re-take.

One of Tattle Teacher‘s students learns to shape up, or go back to Mexico and take care of the goats.

Sarah contemplates writing “See diploma. See resume.” in lieu of filling out tedious lesson plan forms.

Mister Teacher spends a thrilling afternoon uncovering the reasons why his ESL kids don’t understand elaborate word problems. Of course, if they couldn’t define ‘sum’ two weeks prior, the outlook wasn’t too bright.