Subject: Education (Page 10)

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor’s course.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

When I was in college, we did mushrooms and acid… and did I mention acid?

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner.

(1923 – 1966) stand-up comedian, writer, social critic & satirist

If lessons are learned in defeat, as they say, our team is really getting a great education.

American football coach

How can you tell if a Korean broke into your house?… your dog is missing, and your homework is done.

(1962 – ) American television host, actress & comedian

College: A fountain of knowledge where students gather to drink.

A prerequisite for a desired course will be offered only during the following semester.

1. That which has not yet been taught directly can never be taught directly 2. If at first you don’t succeed, you will never succeed.

In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

My dog licked the crumbs out of my computer keyboard and earned an online college degree.

Graduate school: The place where a young scholar goes off their parents’ payroll – and on to their spouse’s.

The more studying you did for the exam, the less sure you are as to which answer they want.

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

American football coach

You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over?… movie day

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

Professor: A person whose job is to tell students how to solve the problems of life he avoided by becoming a professor.

“The top half of the students are well-educated, the bottom half receive extra help, but the middle half we are leaving out.”