<P><B>Capturing the wit and charm of days gone through a subject people of all ages and eras can relate to, this is the perfect gift for teachers and students, past or present</B></P><P><I>Teacher: "What did the Israelites do on coming out of the Red Sea?"<br>Boy: "Dried themselves, sir."</I></P><P>This collection takes readers back to those happy schooldays, when math was learned the hard way and mischievous boys and girls got up to "high jinks" in the classroom. It brings together frightfully funny yarns and classic "schoolboy errors," including everything from silly exam answers to harebrained classroom conversations, all tinged with the quaint and cheerful humor of a bygone era.