Homeroom Humor

While teaching first grade,

I often watched as a student or two would drift off “into space” during a class. When I saw Jesse’s eyes begin to glaze over, I decided this might be a good time to ask him a question. I did. He asked for clarification saying, “Could you repeat the question?” I answered, “You don’t remember what my question was?” He immediately replied, “No ma’am, you know I’ve got that problem called Remembering Loss.”

Betty Sherrod, VA Gamma Omicron Our colleague had a unique fashion sense. Her usual teaching attire was white ruffled ankle socks, thick soled oxfords and a jumper with a white blouse. At lunch one day, we realized that she was wearing her jumper inside out. She was in such a hurry to get dressed that she didn’t notice her pockets were on the outside and her seams were showing. All morning, she had taught fifth grade with the size tag flapping as she wrote on the whiteboard with her back to her class. Not one of her students had the courage to tell her. When we pointed it out to her, she reversed her jumper and went back to class. The lunchroom crowd laughed for days. Susan Raffo, Beta Rho

Saved by the Room

Out of the Mouths ...

When the new school year begins, most educators do a “getting to know you” activity. This was true in my grandson’s class. One question for new fifth graders was, “What is your favorite book?” My grandson, undoubtedly his father’s child, answered, “My Chromebook!” My apologies to his teacher. Judy Barnhill, TN Beta Zeta I was a Resource Room Teacher for 33 years. In my career, there is especially one memory I hold dear that makes me smile each time I think of it. I had picked up a new student and had just shown him around the room and done a short activity with him, hoping that he would have a positive experience and want to enjoy coming in the future. When it was time to leave and go back to his classroom, he declared, “I like this rescue room!” Made my career all the more rewarding.

Water Boys

In my college education class, my instructor warned, “Be prepared for unexpected occurrences.” My teaching assignment was junior and high school Family Consumer Science. One of my classes for the year was for high school senior boys who had just completed a cooking assignment and were cleaning up their kitchen units. Two different cooking units were next to each other with their sinks across from each other. I was checking the progress of the kitchen cleanup, and I was walking behind one group, which was facing another kitchen group, both at their sinks. Yes, you guessed it. The two boys at the sink in front of me ducked, and I found myself soaked with their antics. Facing my attackers, I threw up my arms and started to laugh. What else could I do? There was never a water fight again. Mary Ann Gerdes, Four Year IEB Member

Jackie Leeper, ME Beta

“In the quilt of life, friends are the stitches that hold it together.” Taylor Revells (Author)

~Joyce Whitley, NC Xi