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The teacher�s name is Long, a complaining parent is called Stark, and the school superintendent is called Hug. lol!

Read about it here!

>>A fellow educator did tell us Long was a great teacher in the classroom and that he would put her up against any of the best teachers in the state. .<<

Unfortunately she herself preferred students.

Everything I needed to know I learned in Miss Letourneau's classrom.

Edited:

Or the Henry James novel: LeTourneau the Screw

(Jackie's gonna KILL me!)

Ooo...that's good TEd, that's really, really, good.

But vulgar.

Yes, I chuckled at that too Nancy - what a wonderful choice of phrase, eh?!

(Jackie's gonna KILL me!)

Perhaps I could officiate at your service and replace one of the readings from Holy Scripture with a compendium of TEd's greatest puns.

well get Faldage to make the list, that way we're assured of only getting the best ones...

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Perhaps I could officiate at your service and replace one of the readings from Holy Scripture with a compendium of TEd's greatest puns.

Would that be the "Liturgy of the Wordplay"?

OMG Did anyone notice that one of the sponsors at the bottom of this page is Classromm Management Tips?

heh�

I was reading an article in The Times (London) which chronicled the UK government's apparent inability to keep convicted sex offenders from becoming teachers (p9 of the Saturday edition). Most of page 10 was a government ad seeking new teacher-training candidates. The headline was "Start on �19k (see below for benefits)". The unfortunate first line of copy said this:

Working with children is its own reward, but it's not the only reason to become a teacher.

ahem. Someone shoot 'em!