How come there are so many unanswered questions about schools?
How come school buses are yellow?
How come the school year is nine months long?
How come there are more women than men teachers?
Now come and read how come.

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My Journal

This afternoon I wrote in my journal.
We had to write about what we did today.
I wrote about writing in my journal,
And here’s what I had to say:
This afternoon I wrote in my journal.
We had to write about what we did today.
I wrote about writing in my journal,
And here’s what I had to say:
This afternoon I wrote in my journal…
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Part 1

Not long ago, in a small suburban town not far from San Francisco, California, Mr. Maximillian Ouia, principal of Noe School, this town’s only grammar school, sat in a cushy chair in front of his staff. His icy look ran from man to woman and back again.
Wringing his hands, Principal Ouia said, “Folks, our school district has a crisis, a financial difficulty. Frankly, this school is running low on dough. And, owing to this sorry situation, I must drastically cut our school’s curriculum.”
Pausing, Maximillian took a long drink of cocoa from his brown mug. His following words would no doubt astonish his faculty of forty instructors, assistants, and custodial staff.
“From now on, this administration forbids you or any of your pupils from using that fifth symbol in our ABC’s, that non-consonant following D and prior to F.”

Noe School’s staff sat aghast. Nobody said a thing.
“Anyway, to avoid confusion, this thing I’m banning has many phonics sounds and is found fifth in your dictionary. From this day forward, no individual in this school can say any word containing that mark, look at it in any book, or put it in writing. You will omit that symbol totally from your vocabulary, in your classrooms, in our hallways, and on our playground.”

Gone High Tech

You may have noticed, teacher,
I am not in school today,
But the voice recorder on my desk,
Will pick up each word you say.
Switch on my laptop’s Web cam,
When you have something to show,
And if you pass out homework,
Find my fax number below.
I’ve e-mail and a smart phone,
So I won’t be hard to reach.
Since I don’t need to be in class,
I’ll do lessons at the beach.

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