Murphy's Teaching Laws

• A teacher is a multi-tasking superhero/heroine who gets the least pay.
• Disaster will occur when visitors are in the room.
•  The most ill-behaved student in all of a teacher's classes is always one of the bright ones he can't flunk.
• A subject interesting to the teacher will bore students.
• You will be given the most tasks when you least expected it.
• The time a teacher takes in explaining is inversely proportional to the information retained by students.
• A meeting's length will be directly proportional to the boredom the speaker produces.
• Students who are doing better are credited with working harder. If children start to do poorly, the teacher will be blamed.
• The problem child will be a PTA/PIBG member's daughter/son.
• When the teacher is late, he will meet the principal on the way to the class.
• New students come from schools that do not teach anything.
• Good students move away.
• You will receive a letter for a one week course when you have meticulously planned a family trip to (fill in the blank with exotic location).
• Teachers who boast doing the most work in school usually work the least.
• Students forgot to bring their books on the day you are being observed by the school inspectorate.
• Clocks will run more quickly during free time.
• On a test day, at least 15% of the class will be absent.

Adapted from Murphy Laws Site