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Teachers & SchoolsFoolishness and Folly
If there's one rule at Wayside School, it's that silliness is the order of the day. Although the kids take school seriously, their school doesn't always take them seriously, so as Sideways Stories goes along, we see students asked to do all sorts of ridiculous thingsāfrom delivering notes to a teacher who doesn't exist to selling their toes at a discount. It's safe to say that when a new teacher mistakes her classroom of children for a group of monkeys, foolishness is going to be a major part of the story.
Even though she can seem like a really foolish person, Mrs. Jewls is actually a very wise teacher.
All the silliness at Wayside School has a purpose: it helps the kids learn.