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All librarians will be happy to help when you don't need it, but will vanish when you have a question about the Dewey Decimal system.

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Dewey was drunk when he made the decimal system.

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When a student asks for a second time if you have read his book report, he did not read the book.

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If attendance is mandatory, a scheduled exam will produce increased absenteeism. If attendance is optional, an exam will produce persons you have never seen before.

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Penza's law about math's lessons.

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The porter will knock at the door at the most crucial point of the lesson.

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You can't misspell numbers when you write them as digits.

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The back of the room is never far enough.

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Students will never fail to disappoint.

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The English language, e.g. It's a problem when its be right.

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Demerits from a teacher you hate are put on your permanent record.

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Merits from a teacher you hate are put on the permanent record of a student you hate even more.

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The examination paper is always easier when you are not taking it.

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The most ill-behaved student in all of a teacher's classes is always one of the bright ones he can't flunk.

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Law of Behavioral Management: nothing gets their attention like placing your nails on the chalkboard.

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The worst chew-out from parents always comes from an incident their child lied about.

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Anything that is not firmly secured in place, regardless of size, will find its way out of the room.

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In the eyes of your professor, you are ALWAYS wrong, so don't bother trying.

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No matter how much you study for a test you will be asked a question that you don't know.

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When you study for easy tests is when you fail miserably, but when you don't study for the hard ones, it's when you pass with 100%.

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