School Irony

225 real-life examples of school irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of school? Submit your own example.

← Browse all categories

  1. Is it ironic that I am walking to school.

    92% not ironic 6 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that I am an honors university student and get denied from university nursing program?

    65% not ironic 6 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that I can't focus on studying the ADHD material for my midterm.

    90% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I've decided to take a break from my accounting study to complete my tax return?

    68% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that The creative process (for writing) actually kills my creativity?

    88% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A school district announcing the results of a spelling bee spells it "spelling be"?

    57% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that My Creative Writing professor can't come up with an ironic statement?

    68% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that In school I was taught about the dangers of smoking by a man who was then found smoking at recess?

    85% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I had to ask what FOFY (find out for yourself) means?

    92% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A valedictorian's high school diploma was withheld by school officials after saying "Hell" during her commencement speech.

    53% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I don't have a life from trying to build a life?

    75% not ironic 6 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that My son's favorite subject is "fonix.

    72% ironic 6 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Stereotypical nerds have lots of friends that bully him?

    83% not ironic 6 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that The boy is so intelligent that he failed all the subjects.

    80% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Im in math class but the teacher is asking us to tell the class our parents jobs.

    80% not ironic 5 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that The song Gimme a Grade has rock music ROck music is used for rebellion, but in Gimme a Grade, Baljeet sings about conforming and doing what he's told.

    52% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A math teacher forgets of how to multiply.

    80% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A college math professor, who teaches upper-level and graduate students, has a huge pet peeve with simple adding and subtracting errors by students.

    90% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that I'm listening to a song about Procrastination while trying to write an essay.

    60% not ironic 5 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that The founder of a philosophy was poisoned and the person who killed him was executed because the philosophy taught that no crime should go unpunished.

    64% not ironic 5 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that When my friends 14 yr old son was asked by his Asian English teacher, "someone, give me a good example of irony and he replied in a friendly manner, "I think it is ironic that our English teacher is Asian".

    50% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Porn is legal and makes a lot of money, but is never taught or talked about in schools (colleges) as a career.

    58% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I woke up 6 AM to check if my school was closed due to the snow storm so I could sleep more?

    72% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A student hands in a spelling test, spelling every word wrong except for the word illiterate.

    50% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A teenager, who wants to be a personal injury lawyer one day, hit another classmate over the head with a text book and giving his classmate a concussion?

    60% ironic 5 votes Vote →