Cartoon by Richard Crowson
Congratulations to Scott Moe and Mike Slater, who each won $50 of school supplies in the December/January cartoon caption contest. We received 235 entries — our thanks to all who participated!
“Wow! You really ARE a gifted educator.”
Mike Slater
San Ramon Valley Education Association
“Well, at least there’s ONE perk to higher class sizes!”
Scott Moe
Lafayette Education Association
Here are a few that were in the running…
“Let me guess, no homework for the rest of the year?”
Erin Donaldson
Corona-Norco Teachers Association
“Apparently there was a semicolon omitted from the newsletter. It should have read: ‘Don’t forget extra credit; Christmas presents can be left with Mrs. Jones.’ Let’s have the English Department check next month’s newsletter.”
Sophie Durbin
Associated Mountain View Teachers
“It looks like your mug collection just doubled.”
Elena Hedderig
North Orange County United Teachers
“I train my students to only give e-certificates. They’re environmentally friendly, and I don’t break my back carrying them to my car.”
Ira Ehrlich
United Teachers Los Angeles
“That reminds me, I haven’t finished my grades either.”
Paul J. Santoyo
Lemon Grove Teachers Association
“The answer is: A gaggle of apple polishers.”
Robert C
El Camino College Compton Center
“Ya get what you give…”
Robert Beutler
Gonzales Teachers Association
“Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you, Dolores. When you give them the gift of reading, writing, and arithmetic, they’ll never stop giving back!”
Dominic Marcucilli
Hart District Teachers Association
“Next time, spell it out on the board: ‘Your presence is my present.’”
Brenda Scott
Orange Unified Education Association
“I’m terribly sorry, Ms. Jones, but you’ll have to return these presents, as they do not conform to our new Core Standards.”
Christie Vincent
United Teachers of Richmond
“Wow, Mrs. Smith, I’m astonished that your students calculated the weight, volume and area of this stack of presents!”
Carole Mullins
Huntington Beach Elementary Teachers Association
“They thought the lesson on stimulating the economy was a hint!”
Yvonne Martini
Association of Rowland Educators
“Test scores don’t reflect this kind of success.”
Linda Borla
United Faculty North Orange County CCD
“Nice try, Principal Thompson, but that’s my seat!”
Maria Beltran
Stockton Teachers Association
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