Wrong Ingredient

A student in chemistry class was instructed to create a new substance by mixing some special ingredient with water. Unfortunately, the student chose the wrong ingredient and the teacher realized mixing it with water would create an explosion. He stopped the student and asked him to first stir the water in the bucket for five … Read more

Weren’t Warned

Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the teacher said, “Bobby, when I was a child, I was told that if I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that. “ Bobby looked up and replied, … Read more

College Professor

A college professor asked his class a question. “If Philadelphia is 100 miles from New York and Chicago is 1000 miles from Philadelphia and Los Angeles is 2000 miles from Chicago, how old am I?” One student in the back of the class raised his hand and when Called upon said, “Professor you’re 44. . … Read more

Solvent That’ll Dissolve

A father was very proud when his son went off to college. He came to tour the school on Parents’ Day, and observed his son hard at work in the chemistry lab. “What are you working on, son?” “A universal solvent, “explained his son. “A solvent that’ll dissolve anything. “ His father whistled, clearly impressed, … Read more

Morris Raised

Mrs. Applebee, the 6th grade teacher, posed the following problem to one of her math classes: “A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each get?” After a … Read more

Double Negative Forms

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. “In English, “he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative. “ A voice from the back of the … Read more

Late John

Teacher: Why are you late, John? John: Because of the sign down the road. Teacher: What does sign have to do with you being late? John: The sign said ‘School Ahead, Go Slow! ‘ This joke is included in the Black Book of Jokes. You can order it from here.

Balance Falls

A fourth-grade teacher was giving her pupils a lesson in logic. “Here is the situation, “she said. “A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and begins splashing and yelling for help. His wife hears the commotion, knows he can’t swim, and … Read more

Opinions Expressed

On the first day of school, Peter handed his new teacher a note from his mother. The teacher unsealed the note, read it, looked at Peter with a frown, and placed the note inside a desk drawer. “So what did she write?” Peter asked. “It’s a disclaimer, “the teacher said. “A what?” “It says, ‘ … Read more