Vincent Shanley
‘Classic Classroom Clangers’ is a hilarious collection of hundreds of true, side-splitting anecdotes from the world of education.There are the bloopers made by pupils in exams:’The first thing a doctor has to do when a baby is born is to cut the biblical cord.’And the gaffes of teachers:’Whenever I open my mouth some fool speaks.’There are the letters from tender parents:’I am asking you not to use corporal punishment on George. We never do except in self-defence.’As well as the proclamations of nursery tots:’All things bright and beautiful, all Teachers great and small.’All will have you rolling in the corridors with laughter.
A hilarious collection of howlers and gaffes from the world of education.
SCIENCE
Vacuum: a large empty space where the Pope lives
Germinate: to become a naturalised German
NATURE STUDY
Fish swim about in shawls
HISTORY
Q: With what do you connect the name Baden-Powell?
A: With a hyphen
THE NOTICE BOARD
The Low Self Esteem Group will meet Thursday at 12.30pm. Please use the back door.
A hilarious collection of howlers and gaffes from the world of education.
SCIENCE
Vacuum: a large empty space where the Pope lives
Germinate: to become a naturalised German
NATURE STUDY
Fish swim about in shawls
HISTORY
Q: With what do you connect the name Baden-Powell?
A: With a hyphen
THE NOTICE BOARD
The Low Self Esteem Group will meet Thursday at 12.30pm. Please use the back door.
Vincent Shanley lives in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, where, from 1985 until 1995, he was headteacher at St Michael’s Comprehensive School. Since then, he has enjoyed success with two best-sellers, Classroom Clangers and Football Shorts.
