Quote of the Day (stalker)

"Mister, I know where you live. You live in a white house, right?" - Disconcerting comment from a student who claimed to know where I live. He continued, "The one with the clean yard, right?" It was then that I knew he had absolutely no clue where I live. (1/31/12)

Quote of the Day (sub)

"Do we have a sub today?!" - A student's cheerful question when she didn't see me as she entered the classroom. In contrast, another student later said she was glad that I was "the first real teacher" she's had in her classes all day due to a lot of teachers being pulled out to attend a meeting. (1/27/12)

Quote of the Day (memory)

"Not even once did you yell at us all year." - Compliment from a student reflecting on when I taught him two years ago and is now my student again in a different class. (1/26/12)

Quote of the Day (DLWOP)

"Take this furlough and shove it." - A coworker's commentary on the priorities of our local government. (1/25/12)

Quote of the Day (light)

"Mister, what is 'ambulance light'?" - A high school student's question to me after he overheard me use the phrase 'ambient light'. I'm not surprised since a student in another class called the discriminant (for the quadratic equation) the 'discrimination'. (1/24/12)

Quote of the Day (predictable)

"When I heard that, I thought to myself, 'I bet that's gonna be in Daniel's blog.'" - A coworker's comment after the word that had been created/used by an administrator in a meeting last week ("generized") came up in our conversation today." (1/23/12)

Quote of the Day (Holiday)

"It was my birthday." - A student's answer after I asked him why he was absent the other day. (1/20/12)

Quote of the Day (spelling)

"How do you spell Alex? A-L-X?" - A student asking me how to spell a classmate's name. (1/19/12)

Quote of the Day (Two Wrongs)

"If you get generized [sic], then the kids get generized." - An administrator's admonition to teachers to stay calm during a crisis. (1/18/12)

Quote of the Day (muscles)

"Do you lift weights?" - A newer coworker's first question to me this morning. (1/17/12)

Quote of the Day (tact)

"Mister, you're really red." - One of my new students after I bumped into her and her family at a restaurant after we had finished a beach clean up. (1/16/12)

Quote of the Day (neighbor)

"If I lived next-door to you, I would come over all the time and ask you for help." - A student's response after I told him that I recently found out that I live next door to a student from one of my new classes. (1/13/12)

Quote of the Day (back up)

"Tell her Mister! Nine is an even number, right?" - A high school student's plea for me to support him in an argument with his friend. (1/12/12)

Quote of the Day (limit)

"There SHOULD be a 5 minute limit." - A student's muttering that I overheard as one of his peer's presentation just passed the 20 minute mark. To be fair, the long presentation was extremely meticulous in its explanation, and there had been no mention of points for brevity on the grading rubric. (1/10/12)

Quote of the Day (impression)

"Are you super smart or something?" - A student's question in my newly acquired class as I helped his friend with a powerpoint presentation using really technical (but appropriate) jargon. (1/10/12)

Quote of the Day (confused)

"Oh! This isn't 7th period?" - Question from a student after I had asked her if she was a recent transfer into my 6th period class in which she was now sitting. When I explained that it was now 6th period  she quickly started packing up her stuff. Her flustered excuse as she flew out the door: "I'm so confused. I guess I'm on Wednesday's schedule." Um...today is Friday. (1/6/12)

Quote of the Day (routine)

"Eat, sleep, repeat." - A student's response after I had asked her what she did over the break. (1/5/12)

Quote of the Day (seasick)

"I think I'm getting seasick!" - A student's reaction as she watched her peer's (overly dynamic) zooming and swooping presentation that he had made on prezi.com. (1/4/12)

Quote of the Day (KDrama)

"Korean dramas are ruining marriages." - An aunt's proclamation as she detailed all the extremes she has gone through to watch her favorite soap operas the moment they air. As if to prove her point, approximately 15 minutes after she said this, she disappeared from a family New Years party. (1/1/12)