Archive for the ‘Education & School Humor’ Category
Friday, July 10th, 2026
A jovial student, while high,
Said “By Jove, I’m a real lucky guy!
I’ve been acing each test
And I’m feath’ring my nest
Using scams, with the help of AI.”
Tags: AI, AI Humor, Money Humor, Money Limerick, Scams Limerick
Posted in Computer Humor, Education & School Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Scams, Scams & Fraud & Hoaxes, Scams & Hoaxes, Technology Humor | No Comments »
Monday, January 12th, 2026
When you write, punctuation is key.
It can clarify meaning, you see.
Use each comma with care.
Excess bangs? Don’t you dare!!!!
If you’re slapdash your mark shall be D!
Tags: Bangs, Education, Grammar Humor, Grammar Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Language Satire, Punctuation Humor, Punctuation Limerick
Posted in Education & School Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Writing & Publishing Humor | Comments Off on Mark Warnings (Limerick)
Sunday, December 7th, 2025
“Today’s topic is ‘mind over matter,'”
Said the prof. “Kindly cease all your chatter.”
“Make us stop with your mind,”
A young smart-aleck whined.
He was kicked out (hind first) with a clatter.
Tags: Brain Humor, Brain Limerick, College Humor, College Limerick, Education Humor, Education Limerick, Philosophy Humor, Professors, Psychology Humor, School Humor, Science Humor, Students Humor
Posted in Education & School Humor, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Science Humor | Comments Off on The Irked Professor (Limerick)
Friday, March 14th, 2025
Myopic teacher
mistook inept coloring
for misbehavior.
The prompt for this haiku was “myopic” (plus a memorable personal experience.) When I was 4, my teacher punished me for not coloring within the lines. (I had very bad vision, which hadn’t yet been diagnosed.) And my teacher actually called my parents in to complain about my bad behavior. (My vision wasn’t tested till I was 9 and got coke bottle glasses.)
Tags: Art Haiku, Childhood Haiku, Coloring Books, School Haiku, Teachers Haiku, Vision Haiku
Posted in Art Humor / Verse, Children Humor, Education & School Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Family Verse, Haiku & Senryu, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Parenting Humor, Personal, Poetry & Prompts | Comments Off on The Myopic Teacher (Haiku)
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
While in school, I liked one type of test;
Those with “multiple choice.” They’re the best!
Choices helped me regain
Info deep in my brain,
So they made me look smart, when I guessed.
Tags: Brain Humor, Education Humor, Education Limerick, Exams Humor, Exams Limerick, Memory Humor, Memory Limerick, School Humor, School Limerick, Test Humor, Test Limerick
Posted in Education & School Humor, Limericks, Memory Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
A haughty old prof who wore tweed
Taught the classics (stuff most folks don’t read.)
A fine poet of note,
The man furtively wrote
Naughty lim’ricks with fervor and speed.
(Tweed Day falls annually on April 3rd.)
Tags: April Holidays, Bawdy Humor, Education Humor, Education Limerick, Limerick Humor, Naughty Limericks, Odd Holidays, Poetry Humor, Secrecy Humor, Secret Life Humor, Teacher Humor, Teaching Humor, Tweed Day
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Education & School Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | 2 Comments »
Saturday, March 16th, 2024
My endurance in gym class was poor.
I was slow, klutzy, small, and what’s more,
The mere sight of a ball
Made me duck. After all,
My two goals were “Break nothing! Don’t score!”
Tags: Athletics, Athletics Humor, Athletics Limerick, Ball Games, Behavior & Personality, Gym Humor, Gym Limerick, Klutzy Humor, Personal Humor, Personal Limerick, Physical Humor, School Humor, School Limerick, Sports Humor, Sports Limerick
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Education & School Humor, Gym Humor, Limericks, Personal, Physical Appearance, Sports Humor | Comments Off on My Unathletic Career (Limerick)
Saturday, February 17th, 2024
“Tell me, what is this meeting about?”
Yelled the parent, unfazed by the clout
Of the teacher he faced.
“Time’s a-wasting. Make haste!
I must go and attend to my gout.”
Said the teacher, “Your son loves to flout
All our rules and will likely flunk out.
He’s ignoring his studies,
Too busy with buddies,
Preparing for life as a lout.”
Tags: Education Humor, Education Limerick, Parents Limerick, Pupils, School Limerick, Students, Teachers, Teachers Limerick
Posted in Children Humor, Education & School Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Family Verse, Limericks, Parenting Humor | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023
A bright future felon named Phil
Liked irking his teachers at will;
Adroitly annoying,
He shined at deploying
His smarts, as he went for the kill.
Tags: Crime Humor, Crime Limerick, Education Humor, Education Limerick, Felons Humor, Felons Limerick, School Humor, School Limerick, Teachers Humor, Teachers Limerick
Posted in Crime & Punishment Humor, Education & School Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on The Future Felon (Limerick)
Sunday, October 29th, 2023
The driving instructor Jerome
Bellowed “Look what you’ve done to the chrome!
You have bashed in the grille!
Though I’ve tried to instill
Safety skills, seems I can’t drive them home!”
Tags: Auto Humor, Auto Limerick, Car Humor, Car Limerick, Driving Humor, Driving Instructors, Driving Lessons, Driving Limerick, Driving Teachers, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick
Posted in Car & Driving Humor, Education & School Humor, Guns & Safety Humor, Idiom Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on The Frustrated Teacher (Limerick)
Sunday, August 13th, 2023
When a clever, inquisitive lad
Would pester and pepper his dad
With questions galore,
His dad would implore:
“Ask your mom. She knows more. She’s a grad!”
Tags: Children Humor, Children Limerick, Education & School Humor, Mothers & Fathers Humor, Parental Humor, Parental Limerick, Parenting, Parenting Humor, Parents
Posted in Children Humor, Education & School Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Family Verse, Limericks, Mothers & Fathers Humor, Parenting Humor | Comments Off on Parenting Challenge (Limerick)
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using SUEDE, SWAYED, PERSUADE, or DISSUADE at the end of ANY ONE LINE. (A homonym or homophone not listed here may be used in lieu of the designated rhyme word.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s the last contest’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to TESTS, using any rhyme word. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best TEST-related limerick.
And for a THIRD SEPARATE CHALLENGE, I’ve used a “Random Word Generator” to generate five random words. Your challenge is to use AT LEAST TWO of the Random Words anywhere in your limericks.
Here are the FIVE RANDOM WORDS for this contest: DUCK, GIFTED, JITTERY, MERGE, STAR.
(You’re free to singularize/pluralize the designated random nouns and to change the tense of the designated random verbs. You can even turn adjectives in adverbs and vice versa. And you are NOT required to use any of them as rhyme words, as long as at least two of the words appear somewhere in your limericks.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the winners on August 20, 2023, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you FOUR full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my SUEDE, SWAYED, PERSUADE, or DISSUADE-Rhyme Limerick:
A woman would always wear suede,
Head to toes, both in sun and in shade.
Her spouse fin’ly snapped
Cuz her nighties were napped:
“Our marriage’s fabric is frayed!”
And here’s my TEST-Themed Limerick:
I once took an aptitude test
To learn what I’d likely do best.
The results? Useless crap!
‘Twas all over the map:
“NEVER NAVIGATE!” That’s what it stressed.
And here is my RANDOM WORD GENERATOR Limerick:
When a jittery mother was told
That her daughter was gifted, she polled
All the parents she knew:
“Could it really be true,
Or do ALL kids get stickers of gold?”
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Aptitude Tests, Children Humor, Clothing Humor, Competition Limerick, Education Humor, Exams Humor, Fashion Humor, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Marriage Humor, Navigation Humor, Poetry & Prompts, School Humor, Test Humor, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Children Humor, Clothing Humor, Contests, Education & School Humor, Fashion Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Marriage Humor, Parenting Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 116 Comments »
Friday, June 16th, 2023
Said a grad student, seething, “I reckoned
That I’d surely be first, and not second.
My exam’s been mismarked!”
The peeved prof sternly barked:
“Your ego’s remarkably fecund!”
Tags: Argument Humor, Argument Limerick, Education Humor, Education Limerick, Exam Humor, Exam Limerick, Professors, Students Humor
Posted in Communication Humor, Education & School Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on A Testy Exchange (Limerick)
Saturday, May 27th, 2023
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using LIGHT or DELIGHT at the end of ANY ONE LINE. (A homonym or homophone not listed here may be used in lieu of the designated rhyme word.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s the last contest’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to TEACHERS, using any rhyme word. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best TEACHER-related limerick.
And for a THIRD SEPARATE CHALLENGE, I’ve used a “Random Word Generator” to generate five random words. Your challenge is to use AT LEAST TWO of the Random Words anywhere in your limericks.
Here are the FIVE RANDOM WORDS for this contest: JOINT, LOVELY, NAP, TAX, CONQUER.
(You’re free to singularize/pluralize the designated random nouns and to change the tense of the designated random verbs. You can even turn adjectives in adverbs and vice versa. And you are NOT required to use any of them as rhyme words, as long as at least two of the words appear somewhere in your limericks.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the winners on June 25, 2023, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you FOUR full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my LIGHT/DELIGHT-Rhyme Limerick:
I enjoy writing verse that is light,
Although many poo-poo it as trite.
And I happily slave
Over lim’ricks — my fav.
They’re well worth it, when written just right.
And here’s my TEACHER-Themed Limerick:
The schoolteacher, usually nice,
Could be scary at times – cold as ice.
And her tone, when provoked,
Went from mellow to stoked
With a furious “THAT WILL SUFFICE!”
And here is my RANDOM WORD GENERATOR Limerick:
“How I long to be able to nap
Just like those who can sleep in a snap.
As for me, there’s no point
In trying. Each joint
In my body shrieks ‘Don’t bother, chap!'”
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Competition Limerick, Education Humor, Light Verse, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Sleep & Insomnia Humor, Sleep Limerick, Teachers, Teachers Humor, Teachers Limerick, Writing & Publishing Humor, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Education & School Humor, Light Verse Contest, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Sleep & Insomnia Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 135 Comments »
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
A gal’s parents, upset, then joined forces
In condemning her new choice of courses.
“I’ll be learning collage,
Equine health and dressage.”
“Bad idea,” they nagged. “Please hold your horses.”
(December 13th Is National Day Of The Horse. )
Tags: Animal Humor, Animal Limerick, College Humor, College Limerick, December Holidays, Dressage Limerick, Education Humor, Education Limerick, Equine Humor, Equine Limerick, Horse Humor, Horse Limerick, National Day Of The Horse, Odd Holidays, Parental Humor, Parental Limerick
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Education & School Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Parenting Humor | Comments Off on A Change Of Course (Limerick)
Friday, August 5th, 2022
When a gal switched her major to art,
Her parents’ responses were tart:
“Paying bills is a bitch,
So you’d best marry rich.”
“Are you planning to clerk at the mart?”
Tags: Art Humor, Art Limerick, Career Humor, Career Limerick, Education & School Humor, Education Limerick, Marriage Humor, Marriage Limerick, Money & Finance Humor, Money Limerick, Parenting Humor, Parenting Limerick
Posted in Art Humor / Verse, Education & School Humor, Limericks, Marriage Humor, Money & Finance Humor, Workplace & Career Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
When students are told to play scales,
You’re likely to hear lots of wails;
Scales are boring as hell,
But to ever play well
They’re a must! (Also trim your damn nails!)
Tags: Music Education, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Piano Humor, Piano Limerick, Scales Humor, Scales Limerick
Posted in Education & School Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems | Comments Off on Practice, Practice, Practice! (Limerick)
Friday, May 20th, 2022
A boy was bawled out by the nuns
For his sly use of off-color puns.
But he swore “I’m not punning!”
(The fellow was cunning.)
“Besides baking, just what’s done with buns?”
Tags: Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limerick, Children Humor, Education & School Humor, Education Limerick, Nun Humor, Nun Limericks, Nuns, Pun Humor, Pun Limerick, Religion Humor, Religion Limerick, School Humor, School Limerick
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Children Humor, Education & School Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Religion Verse, Wordplay | Comments Off on The “Innocent” Punster (Limerick)
Monday, March 14th, 2022
Today (March 14) is “International Day Of Mathematics,” which gives me a good excuse to post this limerick:
A professor would often deride
His students as slackers who lied:
“For math you need smarts.
You’ve no brains. Try the arts.
You want me to pass you? Denied!”
Tags: Education & School Humor, Education Limerick, IDM, International Day Of Mathematics, March Holidays, Math Day, Math Humor, Math Limerick, Maths Day, Odd Holidays, World Maths Day
Posted in Education & School Humor, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
