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 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 →
  2. 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 →
  3. 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 →
  4. Is it ironic that I am not motivated to do my homework for "Motivational Processes in Psychology"?

    65% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A big billboard advertising a grammar school reads "Christian Brothers' Grammar School" - Is that Ironic.

    63% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that I'm using a book stand to prop up my Kindle while I take notes?

    68% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that An inventor decides to stop inventing, because he is bad at...

    68% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that The author of my school's textbook is name Randy Knight, and that our school's mascot is also the Knights?

    88% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that When you rush out the door to go school not realising it was fall back and no one was at school yet.

    65% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that My son was set homework about the dangers of using a glue gun at school, and what to do if you burn yourself with...

    88% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I started my paralegal class today ranked 1st, then got a 101 on a test and two 100s on my homework which results in becoming 2nd in my class? (If you are wondering, the other person got more bonus questions right than I did).

    63% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A student's toughest teacher turns out to be his favorite teacher.

    73% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Someone turns in an essay about "How to Convince an Instructor that you shouldn't Lose Points on your Late Paper" late?

    57% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that I can get paid to work with kids but not work with them for free?

    58% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that My math teacher has a child failing math,? :O.

    60% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that Mother is paying both her own, and her daughter's, college tuitions at the same time.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that You and somebody else gets the same grade on the same test?

    73% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that In the boy in striped pyjamas John Boyne writes " Of course all this happened a long time ago and nothing like that could ever happen again.

    60% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture; we neither build houses, (I mean in the country) nor cultivate land: they can very seldom pick up a livelihood by stealing till they arrive at six years old; except where they are of towardly parts, although I confess they learn the rudiments much earlier; during which time they can however be properly looked upon only as probationers.

    67% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that My English teacher gets irony wrong, seriously, she has no concept and will slap irony on any contradiction, I have yet to see her use it properly.

    80% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I miscalculated the averages of my math test scores?

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I said to my new classmate that we are not that much good friends.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I found myself in a situation today, where I wanted to correct someone's grammar, but lacked the language to do so? Allow me to explain: Today I wanted to show someone why it was grammatically incorrect to say that an brand of apple juice was the "most tastiest".

    67% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Teachers are intended to increase their students' knowledge and "make them smarter," yet the average IQ of a teacher is 104, and they rarely seem motivated or make any real difference in students' lives.

    77% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that I listen to Simple words in Extension 2 English class.

    57% not ironic 3 votes Vote →