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.

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  1. Is it ironic that On a page dedicated to get people to use the word ironic/irony correctly, there is an advertisement for school improvement in Australia?

    90% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that I missed a lecture to write a presentation on the subject of the lecture.

    70% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that The computers in a maths and computing college never work.

    62% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that My English teacher doesn't speak English very well.

    82% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A teacher would give a student detention for arriving late to class, but the next day the teacher arrives late?

    84% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A teacher gives students detention for arriving to class late, the next day the teacher is late to class.

    80% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that It is recommended that students get 8-10 hours of sleep to be fully functional, and yet, school starts at 7:30 or 8:00 in the morning?

    50% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A writing standards section in a class syllabus reads, "good writers always have others read their work.

    52% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I dropped out of school, then dropped out of university and have now wound up working as the editor of a careers magazine.

    64% not ironic 5 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A class on 'Planning and Scheduling' was cancelled?

    88% ironic 5 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that People that have a hard time reading and writing have to tell everyone they have dyslexia?

    78% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that My maths teacher is called...

    55% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Person 1 tells person 2 about someone who saved person 1's life, when really person 2 is the one who saved person 1's life, but person 1 doesn't know it's person 2?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A teacher gives her exceptionally bright students Dum-Dum suckers.

    85% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that My son complains about not knowing how to do fractions in school by saying, "I only ever finish a half of the work, at most, usually only a quarter of...

    85% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that One of my biggest high-school crushes was on a Japanese exchange student, when my grandfather was an Australian soldier who fought in Kokoda (part of the Pacific Campaign during World War II)?

    88% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that My parents promised me a watch as a graduation present but gave it to me several months late?

    75% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Is it true, illiterate students get the worse of the pick of quality teachers due to bad act scores?

    65% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A dumb student tells a topper student to study.

    88% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Old mcdonald goes on a spelling bee and was asked to spell the word "cow".

    63% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I have an Ivy League education, but don't know the correct definition and use of irony?

    88% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A smart kid in math asked a smart kid in English, "Do you know what the worth of floccinaucinihilipilfication is?".

    65% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A teacher sends home a letter asking pupils to take more care over their homework and the letter has a spelling error in it.

    73% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that The only way to teach students about conformity through a poem, is to force them to read the poem, and think about...

    50% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that I am not motivated to do my homework for "Motivational Processes in Psychology"?

    65% not ironic 4 votes Vote →