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 am writing a HSC report about the academic downfall of working excessive hours during high school, when the report is in fact terrible due to my working of excessive hours?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that My instructor gave nothing in the test that he taught in the class.

    70% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that You need to have a degree to become a teacher but not for becoming a principal? (This is true in many districts.

    60% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that That students in a program to help them be better people/students cheat in a contest to help their teacher win.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Fifty million of the youngest, the strongest slaves, those capable of bringing great profit, first the slave traders and later to slave owners.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The multi cultural center is consistently the worst place on campus for wi-fi.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A student of a lesser-ranked university calls a far better ranked university a school filled with idiots?

    60% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that I came to this site through trying to decided whether or not to mention something is ironic in an English Literature essay and was presente with and advert saying 'why not be a writer?'?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that My friend is learning the law (to become a lawyer) illegally?

    65% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A school teacher who cannot teach well in class advising her students to join her tuition class in a private tuition centre.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that "Is it ironic that....

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Isn't it ironic that there's controversy surrounding the supposed teaching of Islamic militantism in these so called Birmingham schools and yet since like forever the UK has had enforced Christianity in schools across the country?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Mark Twain advises, "Always obey your parents, when they are present.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that The annual Gallup poll about education shows that American are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the quality of the nation's schools, but 77% of public school parents award their own child's public school a grade of A or B, the highest level of approval since the question was asked in 1985?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that We approached our professor for a "Best Project" nomination on the last possible day?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that "May God shower his blessings on this marriage," intoned her cousin seeking refuge behind a show of piety.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that I am a college student and, as an aspiring English as a second language teacher, I was complimented for my English teaching skills because I taught a non-native speaker of English (another college student) four words to express one is drunk without using the word "drunk"?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Is someone ruses to do something say using theatrical devises, but end up doing it all the time?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A childminder has advertised educational services with the statement 'I also help there learning and development'?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A lecturer is presenting memory improvement techniques and copies notes from an index card to the board.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that Someone said a person's signature was annoying but his/her signature was very annoying.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that To become a medical assistant, it takes 9 months and to become a CNA it takes about 3 months and CNA's make more money than medical assistants.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that The bloodthirsty Attila the Hun, who fought Roman armies, turned his back in the invasion of Italy when the Pope told him to do so?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Sitting an employment law exam whilst unemployed.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that He was not sure it was a dove he had shot.It...

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →