My Weird School
School life gets delightfully absurd when the strangest teachers arrive, turning ordinary lessons into playful surprises that show learning can be fun and surprising, encouraging curiosity, kindness, and laughter in every classroom moment.
Zoë woke up with a giggle. Today felt different. When she ran into class, the clock on the wall winked at her—really winked! Mr. Tick stood at the front with a shiny clock face for a head. Its hands ticked and tocked when he smiled. "Good morning, class!" Mr. Tick chimed. "Let's make numbers dance!"
He drew a giant number 5 on the board and it jumped off like a frog. The children clapped as the number hopped around the room. Mr. Tick tapped his clock head and said, "Count with me! One, two, tick—" The word made a tiny bell sound, and everyone laughed. "Math is full of surprises," Zoe whispered to her friend Maya. She loved how Mr. Tick turned sums into stories. He made addition feel like sharing cookies and subtraction like finding lost toys. Even the shyest students joined in the number dance.
At science, the door opened slowly and Ms. Bubble floated in with a tray of shimmering soap. Little letter bubbles drifted out of the tray. Each bubble had a tiny letter inside: A, B, C. "Hello, curious minds," she said in a soft voice. "Let's watch what letters can do." Zoe watched as the bubble with S bumped gently into the bubble with U. They stuck together and formed ‘SU’. Then P floated over, and with a soft pop the bubbles spelled ‘SUP’. The class giggled as Ms. Bubble blew another bubble and the letters arranged themselves into the word 'SUP' which Ms. Bubble turned into 'SUP'—then added ‘ER’ with a wink, and it read 'SUPER.' "Science helps us see how things can change," Ms. Bubble explained. She mixed colors in her little tray and blew a purple bubble that smelled faintly like grape jam. When children touched the bubble, it turned into a lesson about colors and how to be gentle with living things.
At recess, Zoe used what she had learned. She and her friends built a hopscotch with numbers Mr. Tick had taught them. They whispered science riddles Ms. Bubble had shown and popped letter bubbles to make silly new words. When Lucas tripped and felt sad because he missed his turn, Zoe counted softly with him—one, two, tick—and they made a tiny number dance that made Lucas laugh. He stood up and they shared his snack. Mr. Tick and Ms. Bubble watched from the fence and smiled.
At the end of the day, the school bell chimed in a friendly tick-tock. "You are all wonderful explorers," said Ms. Bubble. "Curiosity makes learning bright." Zoe walked home humming a little tune. She thought of dancing numbers and floating letter bubbles. School had been weird and wonderful, full of surprises, kindness, and laughter. She couldn't wait for tomorrow. "Learning is a big adventure," she said, hugging her backpack tight. "And it’s even better when we are kind to each other."