Teacher, Charity Bazaar and others in “The Terrible Tudors”

OK class, you have three apples and then you pick two more. What do ya have?

A bunch of stuff.

Uh, close enough. Ok, what do you have if I take away three?

Not so much stuff.

Uh, close enough.

In 1489, the plus and minus signs first came into use.

[holding up a paper graded with an F-] You know, I wish I could go back to the good old days.