No, young man. No jokes here. There's a time and place. When you say something in class they take you seriously. You're the teacher. You say you went out with a sheep and they're going to swallow every word. They don't know the mating habits of the Irish. (Frank McCourt)

No, young man. No jokes here. There's a time and place. When you say something in class they take you seriously. You're the teacher. You say you went out with a sheep and they're going to swallow every word. They don't know the mating habits of the Irish.

Frank McCourt

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