When the teachers away.....
Everyone knows that as soon as the teacher leaves a room the most horrific events take place.

Whilst teaching in Thailand one day I arrived late to a lesson and discovered all the boys were missing. Adding to the confusion everytime I asked "where are boys" in my best pigeon thai the girls simply pointed out the windows.

On closer inspection I discovered the boys had run away into the paddy fields (think half a foot of thick shoe stealing mud and half a foot of water). I then had to roll up my trousers and chase 20screaming muddy boys out of said field.

After finally getting everyone back to school and washed everyones very muddy feet the class finally settled. Seconds later there was screaming from all of the girls who ran as fast as they could of the class room. Turns out the boys had unleased a tide of frogs of biblical proportions (collected from the paddy fields).

Eventually I found some brooms and set about clearing the class room of frogs, by the time the room was frog free and everyone sat down the bell went and they ran off giggling back into the fields as school was over.

This is my story but Im sure you will have many from both the teacher and pupil sides of the conflict.
(serial lurker, Sat 2 Sep 2006, 14:43, Reply)