Vincent Shanley lives in Billingham,Stockton-on-Tees, where, from 1985 until 1995, he was headteacher at St Michael's Comprehensive School. Since then, he has enjoyed success with two best-sellers, Classroom Clangers and Football Shorts.
'Classic Classroom Clangers' is a hilarious collection of hundreds of true, side-splitting anecdotes from the world of education.There are the bloopers made by pupils in exams:'The first thing a doctor has to do when a baby is born is to cut the biblical cord.'And the gaffes of teachers:'Whenever I open my mouth some fool speaks.
'Classic Classroom Clangers' is a hilarious collection of hundreds of true, side-splitting anecdotes from the world of education.There are the bloopers made by pupils in exams:'The first thing a doctor has to do when a baby is born is to cut the biblical cord.'And the gaffes of teachers:'Whenever I open my mouth some fool speaks.'There are the letters from tender parents:'I am asking you not to use corporal punishment on George. We never do except in self-defence.'As well as the proclamations of nursery tots:'All things bright and beautiful, all Teachers great and small.'All will have you rolling in the corridors with laughter.
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