Quote of the Day (Prom)

"Do you think I'll get suspended for that?" - A high school student's question to me after he suggested that he wanted to ask our principal to prom by leaving flowers on her desk. (2/29/12)

Quote of the Day (medicine)

"A chill pill is just oxycontin." - A know-it-all student's explanation to his peer after he was told to take a chill pill. (2/28/12)

Quote of the Day (disappointment)

"Yes! Is that a worksheet?" - A high school student's enthusiastic question to me as I started handing out copies of some formulas that we would be using for today's assignment. Are worksheets easier than book work? I don't get it. (2/27/12)

Quote of the Day (grammar)

"Can we see what it's like with the lights off?"  - A request from a student who was having difficulty reading my notes that were being projected. It may seem like a trivial quote, but this was one of the first times I've ever had a student request that without using the cringe-worthy "Try off the lights?"  version. (2/24/12)

Quote of the Day (prefix)

"Does it mean to cut open something?" - A student's answer after I asked him if he knew what bisect meant. (2/23/12)

Quote of the Day (file format)

"Hey! No PDF!" - A coworker's admonishment to the high school couple continuously canoodling in the stairwell by my classroom. I don't think warning them about their Portable Document Formats will halt their public displays of affection. (2/22/12)

Quote of the Day (krazy)

"Are they gonna cancel school?" - Question from a student who just found out many of the classroom door locks on campus had been superglued as a "prank" over the Presidents' Day weekend. (2/21/12)

Quote of the Day (new feeling)

"This was the first time I actually felt like I understood what was going on." - A student's confession (while trying to suppress a smile) after seeing that she scored 90% on an exam. (2/17/12)

Quote of the Day (pencil)

"Mister, did you know I only sharpen my pencil in your class?" - A high school student's confession today. The odd part is that I don't have a pencil sharpener in my class, but I do have permission to use the sharpener next door during class breaks. I think this student just likes the novelty of walking into the neighboring room to sharpen her pencil. (2/16/12)

Quote of the Day (Face)

"I don't give you the stink eye; that's just my confused face." - A student's defense after I teased her for always giving me weird looks whenever I make a mistake on the board (which is quite often). (2/15/12)

Quote of the Day (kisses)

"Mister, do you want some kisses?" - Offer from a male student. When he saw my stunned expression, and heard his classmates giggling, he quickly clarified by adding, "Uh...Hershey's Kisses. C'mon guys." (2/14/12)

Quote of the Day (martial arts)

"You better watch out! Mister has a black belt in karate, kung fu, judo, tae kwon do, jiujitsu, and...and kumon." - A student's playful warning to his friend about why students shouldn't mess with me. This made me laugh every time I thought about posting this. (2/13/12)

Quote of the (what) Day

"Weekend? Oh! I forgot that today is Friday." - A high school student's confession after she overheard me wish another student to have a good weekend. (2/10/12)

Quote of the Day (tissue)

"Miss, do you have any napkins?" - An intermediate student asking for something to blow his nose with. When told that I had none, he spied my stack of newspapers and asked if he could use them instead. Contributed by Carol. (2/8/12)

Quote of the Day (impression)

"My friend called me, and I forgot that the ball was coming." - A student's explanation of how she got "stitches" on her head. It turned out that it was just a deep impression of the softball stitching from where she got hit on the forehead. (2/8/12)

Quote of the Day (lights)

"Ooh, can we turn off the lights?" - An upperclassman's request after our lockdown/shelter-in-place drill started (by closing all windows and doors). I didn't realize that anyone wanted to see a dark classroom. (2/7/12)

Quote of the Day (opposite)

"Can I come in during lunch to finish it? It's too noisy; I can't concentrate." - A student's response after I asked her if she was going to even finish her test following a reprimand to stop chatting with her friend. (2/6/12)

Quote of the Day (drop)

"Aw Mister, on the favorite teacher scale, you just went from here to down here." - A student motioning my drop in popularity because I accidentally left her hanging for a high-five. (2/1/12)

Quote of the Day (Sharing)

"Here! I'll just break my pencil in half so we can both have a pencil." - A student's kind offer after I chided his friend for using a pen on his math test. Only one problem: there's no pencil sharpener in the classroom. (2/2/12)

Quote of the Day (question)

"Do you really think I'm smart?" - Question from a student a day after I said he was one of my smarter students in front of his family at the supermarket. (1/29/12)