"It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the air force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber" has been a popular bumper sticker. The origin of the saying…
"Reunions are old school" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on T-shirts. The saying was posted on Twitter on August 20, 2010. "I love reunions; they're old…
The African Khoisan languages share click consonants. "Met a lovely lady at my Khoisan language class. Amazing how we just clicked" was posted on Twitter by Tom Fox on October 24, 2014.…
"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 😅"…
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…
"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.…
"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…
Some people who work or who go to school can't "get the hang of it" (understand it). This expression usually has nothing to do with hanging, but there are jokes. "Why was the…
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…
"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" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "A lot of talk about…
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…
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" is a popular education epigram from American playwright Wilson Mizner (1876-1933). The quotation has been cited in print since…
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…
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…
"Public education" is often jocularly misspelled "publik edukashun" to ridicule its quality. ""Another brilyunt mind diztroyed by the publik edukashun sistum" has…
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" is a jocular one-line math saying that has been printed on several images. "I stopped understanding maths…
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…