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 I'm presenting a speech on sleep deprivation on my last day of finals.

    80% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that A school teacher is angry because she was sent home a note and didn't read it and then angrily says that she should be sent an email?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Someone wrote "I am Communication major but i only know how to writing papers instead of communicating with people.

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that My English teacher's handwriting isn't very legible?

    50% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that My math teacher multiplied a problem wrong?

    60% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that My ethics professor is using unethical grading practices.

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A student sends a professor an email full of spelling and grammatical errors in which she requests that the professor provide her a letter of reference for admission to an honors college.

    63% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that You think you are cool until you get ice shoved down your pants?

    73% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A student who often gets F's gets the highest grade on the test.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A school in India have stolen the crest of Liverpool football club, even though people from Liverpool are supposed to, stereotypically, be thieves?

    60% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A student ends up enjoying his high school journalism class.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A university creates an initiative to improve "student success" and cites findings which indicate that "students who parent are desperately in need of support yet remain largely invisible in the eyes of higher...

    60% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Mother not sending you to the school you wanted to be at due to preconceptions of the students "drug use, quality of teaching".

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that My school is in the same street as yours?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that When questioning my class about techniques that poets use, two children in a row gave the answer 'repetition', (the second not realising it had already been given)?

    65% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that You see someone write,"Eye LuV my Grammer Teecher.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A spelling bee coach misspell the word (MISSPELL).

    65% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I'm in trouble.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that In a class where the students were being taught how to spell idiot, someone spelt it wrong?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A school had a fire drill in very cold weather with almost all of the kids having no jackets on got caused by someone who accidentally burnt popcorn in the teacher's lounge?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that The high school graduate wrote concise, coherent comments on a well done work performance, while the highly educated woman wrote comments that sounded like...

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that The power in a school goes out, only to go back on in a minute, then goes out again?

    60% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I dropped out of my accounting degree because I hated the subject.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A teacher, with very liberal political views, gets to go to England by the "No Child Left Behind Act" made law by a conservative president?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A childminder has advertised educational services with the statement 'I also help there learning and development'?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →