Uncategorized | Jun 6, 2013
What’s your funniest classroom story?
By Angela Watson
Founder and Writer
What’s your funniest classroom story?
By Angela Watson
Whether your school is already out for the summer and you’re in relaxation mode or you’re heading into the final few days, I have a feeling you’re ready for some comic relief.
I love to read the funny things that kids say and do. Here are some of my favorites from this page of hilarious kid stories I’ve compiled over the years along with some pictures of funny things teachers have encountered when grading student work:
At the school where I taught previously, students would line up on the blacktop before the morning bell. I would pick them up and we would walk together to the classroom. There was, of course, a no-talking rule in the hallway and I would often tell them, “If it doesn’t involve fire, blood, or throwing up, save it until we get to the classroom.” Well, one morning “M” kept saying, “Mrs. T, Mrs. T, I have to tell you something. I asked, “Does it involve, blood, fire, or throwing up?” “No”, he replied. But he kept saying, “Mrs. T, Mrs. T”. Finally, exasperated, I turn to him and ask gruffly, “WHAT?” He says, “I saw a pirate movie.” There’s a moment of silence as I stand and stare at him. And, with perfect comedic timing, he says, “It was rated RRRRR!”
This is my favorite kindergarten moment ever. A child was upset because her cat had died. I told her how sorry I was, and went on to tell her that I used to have a cat, and was sad when I had to find a home for her because my husband was allergic to cats. She looked at me in shock and questioned, “You’re married?’ When I replied that I was indeed married, she continued…”I know what you did on your wedding day.” I was afraid to ask, but went ahead. She replied, “You ate cake!”
One day it was getting close to recess and I had a few kids off task. I reminded them that before we could go outside there were certain things that needed to be done and, just for emphasis, I held up my plan book and pointed to the day’s agenda. One little boy’s eyes widened in surprise and he blurted out, “Omigod! You mean you write this stuff down?!”
One moment happened several years ago when I taught grade one. Each primary class had received one of those colorful carpets with the seven continents on it. Well, day 2 of having this carpet, Andre got very sick, and threw up. When his dad came to take him home, Andre proudly says, “Daddy, I threw up all over North America AND South America!”
I teach kindergarten and when I was urging a student to get down to work, he looked up and me and said, “You do know that I didn’t sign up for this. My dad did it.”
Please share your funniest stories in the comments here or on Facebook!
Angela Watson
Founder and Writer
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It was during the first few weeks of preschool and it was my first year of teaching. Ihad brought my kids back to our building after lunch and asked if anyone needed to use the bathroom. No one answered so I said “Okay, if you don’t need to go to the bathroom line up by the railing. If you do need to go to the bathroom, go over here next to the wall.” They lined up accordingly and I sent the ones against the rail to the playground with the other class. I turned to send the rest of them to the bathroom and noticed one of the boys was turned unbuttoning his pants and trying to pee on the wall! I had to quickly stop him and rush him into the building and my aide and I have joked about it ever since.
So now he chooses to follow your directions to the letter! LOL
In one of my lessons in religion I asked one of my teenage students to read a paragraph loud. He struggled with the word “atheist” so I asked him: “What does atheist mean?”
He muttered: “God knows….”
Over the years I’ve heard all sorts of things from my highschool students: that I’m like their aunt, that I look like someone on a tv show (the mother, the teacher), that I dress “architecturally” :/ , that I’ve got more eyelashes on one eye than on the other…but it wasn’t until this semester that I got this from a young lady in my research methods class: “teacher, when I’m in your class I feel that there are cameras, that the class is being taped and that we are on tv, you are the leading actress and we are all being watched by millions…tell me the truth teacher, are we being recorded?”
I just stood there, waiting for something smart to come out of my mouth…NOTHING! … can’t wait to see what tops this!!
Great stories from all your readers 🙂 thanks, Alexandra
The day before pajama day in our class I was reminding my students that the next day would be a special day. I told them that tomorrow was pajama day and that we didn’t even have to get dressed in the morning, we could just roll out of bed and come right to school in our pajamas! One little boy says, “I don’t like pajamas Miss Wren, I sleep in my underwear!” I said, “Oh my stars! Do not come to school in your underwear – only wear your pajamas!” The next morning another little boys mother tells me of the difficulty she had getting her son dressed in a fresh pair of pajamas for school, because he was refusing to put on his underwear! She asked her son why he wouldn’t put on his underwear and he told her Miss Wren said not to wear underwear to school!
My 5th graders were abusing their bathroom privileges so I started charging for bathroom trips using our classroom economy (students get tickets for behavior, certain assignments and jobs). Well, my class did not like that one bit. At the end of class the next day as we were getting our things together, one student blurted out “Free the pee! Free the pee!”. It was such a great slogan that it immediately caught on and the entire class started chanting it. I had to laugh so hard, as it really is a great slogan.
After that, I kept the bathroom taxation just long enough to start our American Revolution and “taxation without representation” unit 😉