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May 10, 2019
Education/Schools

“The trouble with class reunions is that old flames have become even older”

"The trouble with class reunions is that old flames have become even older" is a saying that has been printed on many images. American columnist Doug Larson (1926-2017) wrote the line in…

May 9, 2019
Education/Schools

“The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate”

"The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate" is a saying that has been printed on many images. American newspaper columnist Doug Larson (1926-2017) wrote this in…

April 5, 2025
Education/SchoolsGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /HealthSports/Games

“The weakest men compete with girls. The weakest minds celebrate it”

"The weakest men compete with girls. The weakest minds celebrate it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying refers to trans women participating in women’s sporting…

October 11, 2015
Education/Schools

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows”

Newspaper columnist Sydney J. Harris wrote in August 1978: "Most people are 'mirrors,' merely reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are 'windows,' bringing…

August 4, 2019
Education/Schools

“The word ‘vocabulary’ isn’t even in my —”

"The word 'vocabulary' isn't even in my...my...uh, what do you call it..." is a joke that was posted on Twitter by Jordan Carroll on February 5, 2012. "The word…

August 4, 2019
Education/Schools

“The word ‘vocabulary’ isn’t even in my stock of words”

"The word 'vocabulary' isn't even in my...my...uh, what do you call it..." is a joke that was posted on Twitter by Jordan Carroll on February 5, 2012. "The word…

March 24, 2018
Education/Schools

“There are some things you can only learn in a storm”

"There are some things you can only learn in a storm" -- that is, learn through difficulties -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Some stuff you can't learn on…

October 23, 2020
Education/Schools

“There are things we are taught to accept without question…”

"There are things we are taught to accept without question. Those are the things that need questioned most of all" is a saying that has been printed on an image. The saying was posted on…

May 16, 2012
Education/Schools

“There are three good reasons to be a teacher: June, July and August”

"There are three good reasons to be a teacher: June, July and August" is an old joke about the teaching profession, perhaps outdated for teachers who work in June. "Three good…

April 10, 2021
Education/Schools

“There are three kinds of mathematician: those who can count and those who can’t”

"There are three types of people in the world: Those who can count and those who can't" is a joke that has been printed on many images. "'There are three kinds of people:…

April 10, 2021
Education/Schools

“There are three types of people in the world: Those who can count and those who can’t”

"There are three types of people in the world: Those who can count and those who can't" is a joke that has been printed on many images. "'There are three kinds of people:…

May 1, 2023
Education/Schools

“There is a self depreciation course starting at my college next term. I’ve already put myself down”

"I put myself down (for a college course)" means to sign up for a course. It doesn't mean literally putting one's self down, but there are jokes. "There is a self…

June 22, 2020
Education/Schools

“There is no ‘I’ in stupidity”

"There is no 'I' in stupidity" is a joke that has been printed on an image. "There is no 'I' in stupidity" was posted on Twitter on May 30, 2008. The joke a…

May 29, 2013
Education/Schools

“There is no back row” (online classroom adage)

"There is no back row" is an online classroom adage. In a physical classroom, students can sit in the back row, where they are less likely to have eye contact and be called upon by the…

June 10, 2016
Education/Schools

“There is no education in the second kick of a mule”

"There's no education in the second kick of a mule" is a proverb meaning that one should have learned the lesson the first time. L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), a Democratic U.S.…

December 31, 2012
Education/Schools

“There is no education like adversity”

"There is no education like adversity" was written by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) in Endymion (1880). William Hazlitt (1778-1830), in the essay "On the…

March 14, 2021
Education/Schools

“There once was a girl who loved pi…” (limerick)

A pi poem posted on EveAndersson.com is credited to Tom Wilson on June 27, 2002: "There once was a girl who loved piI never could quite fathom whyTo her it's a wonderTo me just a…

August 19, 2017
Education/Schools

“There’s a fine line between a numerator and a denominator” (math joke)

"There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator (Only a fraction of people will find this funny)" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images.…

October 26, 2018
Education/Schools

“There’s no future in becoming a historian”

Historians study the past. A joke was posted on Reddit -- Oneliners on October 26, 2018: "There's no future in becoming a historian." “Confucius Say—Student who study history,…

February 8, 2023
Education/Schools

“There’s nothing like the sound of a child’s laughter to remind you that your dorm is haunted”

A child's laughter is usually a pleasant sound, but sometimes it's not so pleasant. A joke was posted on Twitter by Howard Mittelmark on February 22, 2015: "There is nothing like the…

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