When Students are Smarter than Their Teachers

Teacher: "Maria, go to the map and find North America."
Maria: "Here it is."
Teacher: "Correct. Now class, who discovered America?"
Class: "Maria!"

Teacher: "Glenn, how do you spell Crocodile?"
Glenn: "K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L."
Teacher: "No, that's wrong."
Glenn: "It might be wrong, but you asked me how I spell it."

Teacher: "Cindy, why are you doing your math problems on the floor?"
Cindy: "You told me to do it without using tables."

Tommy: "Dad, can you write in the dark?"
Father: "I think so. What do you want me to write?"
Tommy: "Your name on this report card."

Teacher: "What is the chemical formula for water?"
Sarah: "H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O"
Teacher: "What are you talking about?"
Sarah: "Yesterday you said water is 'H to O'."

Teacher: "Johnny, give me a sentence starting with 'I'."
Johnny: "I is--"
Teacher: "NO, Johnny! Always say 'I am!"
Johnny: "All right: I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."

Teacher: "George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted doing it. Now do you know why his father did not punish him?"
Sally: "Because George still had the axe in his hand."

Teacher: "Children, if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be showing?"
Johnny: "Brotherly love."

Teacher: "What do you call a person who keeps talking when people are no longer interested?"
Entire Class, in unison: "A Teacher!"