Teacher question: "Why is it called mother tongue?"
Student answer: "Because the father never gets a chance to speak."
After Jakob gets his classwork back, he eagerly reports back.
"Well, Jakob, what is it?" asks the teacher.
"Please, Mrs Teacher, what does that mean that you wrote under my essay?"
"Insufficient (worst mark) because of illegible writing."
During the physics lesson:
"Now rub your hands together really quickly. What do you notice?"
Anton answers: "Lots of black crumbs, teacher."
"Dad, our teacher doesn't even know a horse!"
"Why not?"
"We had drawing at school today. I drew a horse and our teacher asked me what it was supposed to be."
The teacher asks his pupils:
"For example, we say: cold January, moody April, hot June. Can anyone give me another example?"
Anne answers eagerly:
"Silly August, teacher."
