Reading: Short Jokes

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America.

MARIA: Here it is.

TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?

CLASS: Maria.

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TEACHER: Greg, how would you spell "crocodile?"

GREG: K-R-O-K-O-D- I-A-L

TEACHER: No Greg, that's incorrect.

GREG: Maybe it's incorrect, but you asked me how "I" spelled it.

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TEACHER: Ryan, what is the chemical formula for water?

RYAN: H I J K L M N O

TEACHER: Ryan, what are you talking about?

RYAN: Well, yesterday you said it was H to O.

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TEACHER: Hunter, name one important thing that we have today that we didn't have 10 years ago.

HUNTER: Me !

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TEACHER: Adam, why do you always get so dirty?

ADAM: Well, I guess it's because I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

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TEACHER: Beth, give me a sentence starting with "I".

BETH: I is.......... .

TEACHER: No Beth.....Always say "I am".....not "I is".

BETH: All right....... .."I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."

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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it! Now Alex, do you know why his father didn't punish him?

ALEX: Because George still had the ax in his hand.

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TEACHER: Now, Macy, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

MACY: No Maam, I don't have to. My Mom is a good cook.

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TEACHER: Daniel, your composition on "My Dog" is exactly the same as your brother's composition. Did you copy him?

DANIEL: No teacher, it's the same dog.

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TEACHER: Parker, what do you call a person who keeps on talking to

people who are no longer interested?

PARKER: A Teacher