Books and School

Turns out we're in the middle of "Read An E-Book Week."

You can download an e-Book onto your computer, your laptop, your web-enabled cell phone, or any one of the half dozen or so electronic reading devices, such as Amazon's Kindle.

It can't beat the pleasure of holding the book in your hands or the feel of the paper, but it will reduce your carbon footprint and that's at least one positive.

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WHY STUDENTS ARE HARD TO TEACH

Teacher: Who is your favorite author?
Student: George Washington.
Teacher: But George Washington never wrote any books.
Student: Exactly.

Teacher: Tell the class what book you read.
Student: Black Beauty.
Teacher: Now tell the class what it was about.
Student: It was about 120 pages.

Teacher: Why are you drawing a picture in your American Revolution textbook?
Student: I'm making my mark on history.

Mother: How come you never bring any books home?
Son: Mom, they're called "school" books, not "home" books.

Student: You know the only thing worse than having to take school books home?
Teacher: What?
Student: Having to open them once I get there.

Son: Dad, my teacher says I need to get an encyclopedia.
Father: Nonsense. You can walk to school just like I did.

[selected from schooljokes.com]

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WORDS for YOUR WEEK: "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read at all." (attributed to Mark Twain, paraphrased)

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