Many a pupil has endured a lesson so dull it seems the entire class might expire from boredom…but not everyone brings a pet pigeon into class to cheer things up.
A collection of photographs showing how mischievous school students brazenly multi-task in class sees one boy bringing his own toaster to a lesson.
The hungry student is so determined not to miss out on his favourite breakfast, he also brings cutlery, butter and maple syrup along, all neatly hidden behind a textbook.
Nature lesson: A pupil smuggles in a pet pigeon into class in her sleeve
Hungry to learn: This student decides to bring breakfast to the first lesson of the day…including his own toaster, cutlery and range of spreads
A phone addict stops at nothing to get more juice into their mobile, while this exhausted teen finds a way to bed down and nap…on her desk
Elsewhere, there’s a female student hell-bent on looking her best, even if that means straightening her hair mid-class.
Other funnies include a smartphone addict charging their phone from a socket in the ceiling, leaving it dangling precariously over the heads of fellow students.
And anyone who’s ever been to a history lesson might have felt the temptation to snuggle down onto their desk for a quick nap.
Teen spirit: A student decides to spice up lunch time by dressing as an elf and asking his fellow pupils to join him in a festive sing-song
History playing out in a different way: a prankster rearranges the spines of books to send out a mischievous message
Pure frustration: a teacher vents at their class after some student tampering undoes the IT class
However, for one pupil, secretive sleeping isn’t enough; she climbs atop her desk and curls up like a cat, in plain sight of her classmates.
Then there are those who surreptitiously try and raise a smile…the jester who rearranged books on a shelf so the spines collectively spell out the words ‘weird cock’.
It seems frustration can work both ways in the classroom.
A exasperated teacher leaves a note imploring students not to switch around computer wires, after a prankster clearly sabotaged computer equipment.
Then there’s the pedantic examiner, who makes it clear that Times New Roman, font size 12 is the only thing acceptable on papers…or pupils face their work being set ‘on fire’
Talk in a language they’ll understand! A teacher trying to impart information on data uses a subject most teens will relate to…sex. Right: It’s my font or the highway, writes one disgruntled examiner
Style school: A pupil grabs a coffee and straightens her hair while the teacher talks
We’re all Dora! When a teacher’s back is turned, a classroom of jokers put on their Dora the Explorer masks
A teacher on the edge of the ledge! When a boy falls asleep in class, a incensed teacher ties his shoe laces together by way of punishment
This computer has a soul…and it will try and beat you…
Cooking on gas! A lecture theatre becomes an impromptu kitchen after one pupil sets up his own grill
When the teacher turns to the bottle – of spicy mustard – to get them through
Hygiene is everything…so let’s have a little fun with it: one pupil adds their own labels to the bottles of hand cream in school
Decisions, decisions: as the clock ticks closer to lunchtime, this hungry teen thinks about lunch rather than learning
Anti-bacterial lotion gets a sinister makeover
Retro learning: A music fan brings in a cd player and listens to tunes…while the teacher talks on