A wonderful, sort of inverted from the Main Page examples was in ThisTroper's (Tzapporah) AP US History class. We had gotten to the Industrial Revolution and the teacher was attempting to make a point about how something that is underappreciated and underused today was pivotal in the American Industrial Revolution, namely: the sewing machine. For full effect, imagine this in a very heavy Georgian (as in the state) accent with a fluctuating volume (emphasized here by caps) #QUOTE#'''Mr. Boyd:''' How many o' y'all know how important the SOWIN' MACHINE was to the Industrial Revolution, and now how many y'all ever even TURNED ON a SOWIN' MACHINE? #QUOTE#'''Class:''' *after a beat realizes this is not rhetorical, and all 35 hands go up* #QUOTE#'''Mr. Boyd:'''*without missing a beat* How many y'all know how to SET UP a SOWIN' MACHINE? #QUOTE#'''Class:'''*2 hands go down* #QUOTE#'''Mr. Boyd:'''*not to be disconcerted* How many y'all ever MADE anythin' on the SOWIN' MACHINE? #QUOTE#'''Class:'''*2 more hands go down* #QUOTE#'''Mr. Boyd:'''*quickly recovering* How many y'all ever made any CLOTHES on the SOWIN' MACHINE? #QUOTE#'''Class:'''*2 more hands go down* #QUOTE#'''Mr. Boyd:'''*realizes that he's not making his point tries one more last-ditch effort and turns to a girl sitting near him, pointing at her shirt* R____! I bet you didn't make THAT on the SOWIN' MACHINE! #QUOTE#'''R____:'''*Looks down at her SWEATER, then looks back at him* It's knit, Mr. Boyd. #QUOTE#'''Class:''' All rolling on the ground laughing by this point.

My class always enforce this trope on me when I answer to many questions somtimes saying "Trickymander, I think you have answered enough".

In order to illustrate how impoverished some parts of the world are, this troper's geography teacher once asked us to raise our hands if we'd ever gone to bed hungry. All of the kids on sports teams (who have to meet weight restrictions) raised their hands. The teacher then clarified, saying, "keep 'em up if it's because there was nothing in the cupboard to eat, not 'cause you're trying to make weight for sports." All the hands went down.

This troper's Ancient Egypt class. The (very excitable) professor was going over classes she was teaching in the spring. One of the classes was Early Middle Ages. This exchange took place about 5 minutes ago: #QUOTE#'''Ms. Sartin:'''We're gonna talk about VIKINGS! Who likes the vikings? #QUOTE#'''Class:'''*15-20 Hands go up* #QUOTE#'''Ms. Sartin:'''I'm not talking about football #QUOTE#'''Class:''' *1 hand stays up*

She then makes us suffer with a reading quiz, which this troper might as well not have shown up for, it went that badly.

First cooking class, telling us the importants of first haveing ingredients seperate before mixing them together in case they're bad. #QUOTE#'''Teacher:'''Any questions about the recipe? #QUOTE#'''Guys:''' *two hands go up* (they sat next to each other and didn't say a word when doing so) #QUOTE#'''Teacher:''' You'll know if the eggs are off when you crack them open, THEY SMELL BAD. #QUOTE#'''Hands go down'''

This tropette's French I class, circa 2005. Our septuagenarian teacher had gotten through the usual first day of class speech- introductions, syllabi, etc and finished with the following exchange: #QUOTE#'''Mme. Saberian:''' Now, does anyone have any questions for me? #QUOTE#['''About a dozen hands go up'''] #QUOTE#'''Mme. Saberian:''' I would like to remind you all that asking me what ''voulez-vous coucher avec moi?'' means is ''not'' as funny as you think it is and will result in an automatic F for the day. #QUOTE#'''[3 hands go down]''' #QUOTE#