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 I asked my English teacher if I should write words down.

    77% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that People who are in college spell it as 'collage'?

    53% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A class of students complains about a teachers way of teaching, amount of homework and deadlines in general, but the students gets recordbreakingly high grades?

    77% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that A school has a lockdown when person who broke inside the school set the school on fire while a tornado is outside and is about to destroy the school.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Parents of high school seniors have a fund raiser "wine and beer gala" to raise money for a "senior all nighter" that is billed as an "alcohol and drug free night".

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A student who fails to complete a 2500 word essay makes an 8000 word explanation of why they couldn't do the 2500 one in the first place?

    50% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Someone complaining about spelling and grammar errors spelled "grammar" incorrectly? (Grammer).

    73% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that An English teacher with poor grammar skills.

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that At 66, I am starting the second half of my junior year in college.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I worked on a very stressful semester-long project about the effects of stress.

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I and, presently, a very good friend of mine have never spoken a word to each other when we were in school together for 12 years?

    50% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that I'm presenting a speech on sleep deprivation on my last day of finals.

    80% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  13. 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 →
  14. Is it ironic that I didn't study for a placement test and scored pretty low in math.

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  15. 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 →
  16. Is it ironic that A childminder has advertised educational services with the statement 'I also help there learning and development'?

    67% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that My English teacher's handwriting isn't very legible?

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

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

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  20. 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 →
  21. Is it ironic that You think you are cool until you get ice shoved down your pants?

    73% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that My Language Arts class was talking about wildfires, and we had a fire drill?

    80% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A student who often gets F's gets the highest grade on the test.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that We are eating peanut butter in Biology class for an experiment but my best friend is -who is also in that class- is allergic.

    50% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  25. 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 →