Teacher: Glenn, how do you spell Crocodile?
Glenn: K-R-O-K-I-D-I-A-L
Teacher: No, that's Wrong.
Glenn: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(Kids say the darndest things)
Schools seldom recognized NATURAL TALENT.
@Madken65 He asked what I was doing with that gum in my mouth and not thinking I said chewing it. I probably would have gotten away with a slap on the wrist and lines but the class laughed and he had problems getting the students to respect him. When I was in my 20s he get fired for using a cattle prod on the students to punish them. I think we drove him over the edge and I always feel bad about that.
@Madken65 I tried something like that in 6th grade, all it got me was a red “F” in deportment and an 8 week grounding.