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Louisiana Principals' Office
Just for Laughs
Management Responsibility
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done!
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Team Work
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Author Unknown
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Funny Stories
Dealing with kids (not to mention teachers and parents) can put you in some funny situations. We'd like to hear from you to tell us about some of them! For example, what was your funniest or most memorable first day of school? Ever have an incorrigible student...or teacher? What's a joke that makes you burst out laughing? Or do you have a poem that you read to get you through the day? Just e-mail them to Kirk Guidry.
True Story….. I was teaching physical science to 9th graders and telling them about pH. Several times as I referred to acids and bases I made the point about distilled water having a pH of 7, after making this comment numerous times I had a young lady with a thick cajun accent ask me "Mais Mr. Guidry if the pH of distilled water is 7 what is the pH of moving water?"
- Kirk Guidry
The stories below are from the NAESP web site.
One day, I was observing a fifth grade class during a Language Arts lesson. The class was studying the parts of speech. The teacher asked the class, "What is a pronoun?" Several students were eager to answer. The teacher called on a student and his response was, "A pronoun is a professional noun."
Discipline is not usually when we think of humor, but every principal probably has had some of their best laughs in the process. Recently I was investigating some minor discpline matter and had two fourth grade boys in my office discussing the situation. As we completed our discussion, one of the boys looked at me in awe and said, "Wow, you're just like Judge Judy!"
I have two chairs right outside my office for students who need to see the principal. These chairs are also opposite the copy room. A fifth grade teacher was sitting in one of the chairs waiting to use the copier. A first grade student was sent to my office and was told to wait in the other chair. After sitting in the chair for a few minutes he leaned over to the teacher and whispered, "What did you do?".
Love You Forever is a wonderful story that I often read to Kindergarten classes , even though it was sometimes difficult to keep from getting choked up at many points. One young man cured me of that a few years ago. When I came to the part where the young adult son was holding his aged mother, as she had held him for so many years, this precocious student said, "Golly..He needs a girlfriend!" I couldn't finish the story.
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My Mother Taught Me!
My Mother Taught Me!
PowerPoint
Powerpoint from End of year conference for New Assistant Principals and Principals
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