School Irony

260 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 A student ends up enjoying his high school journalism class.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  2. 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 →
  3. Is it ironic that During history class the teacher says hes going to ask a question & someone from each group will answer ones standing in front of a wall the teacher asks the other if they had an answer they all say no he asks the one standing in front of the wall he says the correct answer the teacher says turn around look eye level & there was the answer that he couldn't see but everyone else could!

    73% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I got a gold medal even if I only answered 3 items in a 15- item math contest?

    70% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  5. 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 →
  6. Is it ironic that My school is in the same street as yours?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A kid that has a hard time talking to people, is the one that can speak the most languages.

    50% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  8. 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 →
  9. Is it ironic that You see someone write,"Eye LuV my Grammer Teecher.

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

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

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that The congratulatory graduation stickers I bought says "CONGATS"?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I don't revise for exams all through my teenage years then spend the last day as a teenager solidly revising.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  14. 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 →
  15. 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 →
  16. Is it ironic that You're doing your Social Studies homework with the textbook online.

    70% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A kid has his hair redone without his parents' permission and ends up cleaning it up from the floor.

    60% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  18. 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 →
  19. 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 →
  20. Is it ironic that I dropped out of my accounting degree because I hated the subject.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  21. 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 →
  22. 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 →
  23. Is it ironic that My instructor gave nothing in the test that he taught in the class.

    70% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  24. 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 →
  25. Is it ironic that I missed my lecture on job interviews because I was at a job interview?

    60% ironic 2 votes Vote →