How did you say that cliche'?

[Jerard Lafuente]

It's funny, sometimes, how kids don't always know the real cliche's. ''It's always darkest...when Mom wakes you up early." Or, "Youth is wasted on...doing homework!" Even though they aren't always correct, they are often true. What types of cliche's need to be rewritten for you or for someone you know?

[Barry Lane]

Give a man a fish, he eats for a day.

Teach him to fish....

and he is gone every weekend.

anonymous teacher Northern Michigan

[Jerard Lafuente]

Does anyone have anything for, "Laugh and the world laughs with you..."? Steve Martin finished it with, "...sneeze and it's goodbye, Seattle!" in Roxanne. Please add your own thoughts.

[Mary MacKay]

Mary Bigler at Western Michigan does a wonderful presentation
on the use of humor when teaching language arts. I brought her
to my district one year, and her "show" was a HUGE success! Her most popular speech is "Teaching with Pizzazz." When I listen in the car (alone) and stop at a traffic light, people stare at me.
Here are a few she collected from working with children...

People who live in glass houses...
should always wear clothing.

A penny saved is...
not much.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you
Cry...
when you get punched by a 5th grader.

Note: Let's just say that listening to her speech is life-changing. (!)