“I miss skipping school. Calling out of work is too serious”
"I miss skipping school. Calling out of work is too serious" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "I miss skipping school. Calling out of work is too serious 😅"…
“I missed the cosmetics exam. I had to do a makeup test”
When a student misses or fails an exam, he or she often has to take a "makeup test." It does not involve cosmetics, but there are several puns, such as this one from 2002: "The other…
“I never knew I could drop out of school until the ‘Be cool, stay in school’ guy gave a speech”
"Be cool -- stay in school" is an education slogan that has been trademarked with a first use of 2016. Some people, however, didn't know that not going to school was a legal option.…
“I never understood school shooting jokes. I guess they’re aimed at a younger audience”
"Iv never understood school shooting jokes. I guess they are aimed at a younger audience" is a dark humor joke that was posted on Twitter by January Q Systemfoo on June 2, 2014. "I…
“I passed my paintball exam with flying colors”
Students who pass an exam easily are said to do so "with flying colors." It's sometimes joked that the test was a paintball exam. "I passed my paintball exam with flying…
“I passed my physical exam! But I only got a C in Hepatitis”
"Hepatitis C" is not a grade, but there are jokes. "I just took an STD test and I got a C in Hepatitis" was posted on Twitter on May 27, 2011. "I was always a C student so…
“I read old books because I would rather learn from those who built civilization than those who tore it down”
"I read old books because I would rather learn from those who built civilization than those who tore it down" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "A lot of talk about…
“I recently took my apiary exam. I got a B”
The letter "B" should not be confused with a "bee," but there are jokes. "I failed my apiary exam. I did an impression of a wasp and got B-" was posted on Twitter by…
“I remember the spoon’s taste more than the ice cream” (wooden spoon of ice cream cups)
Children at school or at camp are (or were) often given a cup of ice cream with a small wood "spoon" to eat it with. The ice cream spoon now is also made with plastic. "ice cream cup…
“I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education”
"I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education" is a popular education epigram from American playwright Wilson Mizner (1876-1933). The quotation has been cited in print since…
“I see you have some graph paper. You must be plotting something”
People who use graph papers are always plotting something, or so the joke goes. "You should always be suspicious of people with graph paper. They're probably plotting something" was…
“I signed up for Binary 101, but it turns out it’s a level 5 course”
Many introductory college courses end in "101." But what if the course is Binary 101? (101 is 5 in binary.) "I failed Binary 101.I said it was 6. http://bit.ly/1a78s7q via…
“I souport publik edukashun”
"Public education" is often jocularly misspelled "publik edukashun" to ridicule its quality. ""Another brilyunt mind diztroyed by the publik edukashun sistum" has…
“I spent four years in college and didn’t learn anything. Double majored in psych & reverse psych”
American actor, writer and comedian B. J. Novak told this joke in his stand-up comedy act by at least 2003: "I learned nothing in college. It really was kind of my own fault. I had a double…
“I stopped understanding math when the alphabet decided to get involved”
"I stopped understanding math when the alphabet decided to get involved" is a jocular one-line math saying that has been printed on several images. "I stopped understanding maths…
“I struggle with Roman numerals until I get to 159. Then it just CLIX”
The Roman numerals for the number "159" are "CLIX" (that some pronounce as "clicks"). "I find it difficult to count in Roman numerals until the number 159, then…
“I sure hope I get an ‘A’ on my daughter’s science fair project”
Many parents do most of the work on a child's science fair project. "I hope I get an A on my daughter's science fair project" was posted on Twitter by Andie Johnson on January…
“I swallowed an abacus because it’s what’s inside that counts”
A pun about an abacus (a calculating tool) was posted on Twitter on February 22, 2010: "People think I'm weird because I swallowed an abacus. It's what's inside that…
“I think my math teacher works for the CIA. He always wants to put radicals in isolation”
A math joke about "radicals" is: "I think my math teacher works for the CIA. He always wants to put radicals in isolation." The joke was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on March 11,…
“I think my smart phone is broken. I pressed the home button, but I’m still at school”
"I think my iPhone is broken. I pressed the home button and I'm still at work" is a jocular line that has been printed on many images. "I keep pushing the 'home'…