Presents a humorous comparison of athletic and counselor signals, noting unique aspects of counseling that make it more than a sport. The signals are classified as training signals and physical signals and can be a source of common ground in the counseling relationship. (JAC)

Introduces a method called the Humorous Imagery Situation Technique to systematically utilize humor when counseling college students and other persons with adjustment difficulties. Demonstrates the usefulness of the HIST with a case study. (LLL)

Examples of the descriptive language used in state legislatures. (Author/MLF)

Educators often take themselves a bit too seriously. To remedy the situation, the author, who is a veteran educator and illustrator, offers a little perspective with this collection of lighthearted cartoons. These cartoons can be used as overheads for staff development meetings, for an individual break in a busy day, and perhaps, even for a…

The author advocates the use of "nonsense" in class as a form of wit and expression, and also, since it is a classic human mode of expressing disguised aggression against people or social institutions, as a way to enable children to experience aggression vicariously. (JA)

A humorous article critical of the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Competency-Based Teacher Education Workshop. (JF)

A fictional account of a power-crazed computer that tries to fire the principal and other staff and take over a school. (JF)

The reasons athletes and comedians are so effective in films for training are explored. Their limitations are also examined, along with the subjects for which they are most effective. (CT)

The study compared the ability of 51 visually impaired and 51 sighted children, aged 7 to 15, to comprehend verbal humor presented to them in the form of jokes and nonjokes. It found that visually impaired children seem to comprehend humor as well as do their sighted peers. (Author)

A lighthearted look at popular euphemisms and the reasons behind their creation and use. (RL)

A humorous account of the hazards of taking groups of students on field trips. (TJ)

A professor of English recalls vocabulary and spelling errors in freshman compositions. (CJ)

Encourages enterprising people to peddle books to those waiting in gas lines. (DD)

Discusses Jan Mark's "Thunder and Lightnings" and offers the teacher various approaches to teaching the book in the classroom. (HOD)

The article focuses on the relationship between the primary process and the creative process, especially as it relates to the fields of wit and poetry. Examples of identification based on similarity in schizophrenics are presented. (CL)