Daily Inspiration

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
- Dr. Thomas Fuller
inspire daily calendar Fri 6 Jan 2012

School Satire

During his American history class at Hebron Elementary School, fifth-grader Jake Hensley was unable to produce a single hilarious disruptive comment regarding the Wilmot Proviso, an 1846 rider to a Congressional appropriations bill that attempted to outlaw slavery in the territory acquired from the Mexican-American War.

"I completely blanked," said Hensley, who firmly established his class0clown status earlier in the year during a lesson on Revolutionary War-era statesman John Hancock. "It was getting so close to the end of class that I almost considered 'Smellmot Proviso.' I think I'm losing my touch."

Hensley did manage to redeem himself in his last-period English class by delivering a solid five minutes on the third chapter of Hatchet.

- www.theonion.com

Teachers daily calendar Thu 8 Jan 2009