Why teachers drink

[TRIN]

The following questions were set in a recent GED examination.
These are supposedly genuine answers (from 16-17 year olds).
...

Q. Name the four seasons.
A.. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q. How is dew formed?
A.. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A.. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed.

Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections?
A.. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election.

Q. What are steroids?
A.. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs ..
(Shoot yourself now, there is little hope.)

Q. What happens to your body as you age?
A.. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q. What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A.. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.
(So true.)

Q. Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A.. Premature death.

Q. What is artificial insemination?
A.. When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow.

Q. How can you delay milk turning sour?
A.. Keep it in the cow.
(Simple, but brilliant.)

Q. How are the main 20 parts of the body categorized? (e.g. The abdomen)
A.. The body is consisted into 3 parts -- the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity.
The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels: A, E, I, O, U.
(wtf!?)

Q. What is the fibula?
A.. A small lie.

Q. What does 'varicose' mean?
A.. Nearby.

Q. What is the most common form of birth control?
A.. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium.
(That would work.)

Q. Give the meaning of the term 'Cesarean section.'
A.. The cesarean section is a district in Rome.

Q. What is a seizure?
A.. A Roman Emperor.
(Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit.)

Q. What is a terminal illness?
A.. When you are sick at the airport.
(Irrefutable.)

Q. What does the word 'benign' mean?
A.. Benign is what you will be after you be eight.
(Brilliant.)

Q. What is a turbine?
A.. Something an Arab or Shreik wears on his head. Once an Arab boy reaches puberty, he removes his diaper and wraps it around his head.

[vitameatavegamin]

GED answers that could have very well been from the Three Stooges...........

[tia travels]

THIS IS WHY TEACHERS DRINK...

[tia travels]

BUT THIS IS WHY STUDENTS DRINK...

[sooner70]

If I'd had a teacher that hawt, I would still be in school....

[gnadfly]

My essay assignment is returned with a grade of 'B'. No rationale for the B instead of an 'A' or a 'C'. After all, you are an English teacher.