Quote of the Day (physics)

"I'm sorry I couldn't find anything for the 'K' so I had to use a physics symbol for the (Gaussian) Gravitational Constant." - Unnecessary apology from a high school student after she handed me this painstakingly written math themed thank you note. (5/26/16)

Quote of the Day (cauliflower)

Student 1: "... Then he didn't eat his cauliflower."
Student 2: "What's a cauliflower?"
S1: "You don't know what a cauliflower is? It's that white vegetable that looks like broccoli."
S2: "What? Why is the broccoli white? Is it because somebody spray painted it?" (5/23/16)

Quote of the Day (rainbow)

Student 1: "I wonder what a rainbow would look like to a blind person."
Student 2: "Duh, it would look dark and white."
(I miss my seniors already) (5/24/16)

Quote of the Day (competition)

"Do you want to hear some of the interesting things Mr. [coworker's name] says?" - Question from a high school student as she cracked open her notebook to read some funny quotes from another teacher. When I admitted I write down some funny things students said to me, she said, "Did you write down anything that I said in class? I would be honored if something I said was on that list." (5/23/16)

Quote of the Day (sub)

"I guess it's OK. I'll let it go this time." - Approval from a high school student after she learned that I would be missing only my third day of work this school year. In an entirely different class another student commented, "This is my only class I'm sad in when there's a sub." (5/19/16)

Quote of the Day (Walmart)

"It's like a little Walmart in here." - Comment from a high school student after I offered her one of the spare plastic spoons I keep in my class for all the times I forget my utensils for my lunch at home. (5/12/16)

Quote of the Day (moments)

"Those are the moments I'll always remember because you never let me forget them!" - Reply from a student after I questioned why she only listed the funny moments in class for a form entry that asked her to "List an interesting or memorable event, lesson, activity, or personal interaction that took place in my class". (5/17/16)

Quote of the Day (teach)

"Maybe you should teach your computer to be able to reduce fractions." -  Comment from a student after he got his scores back from an online assessment. One of his answers was marked incorrect because he didn't reduce one of his answers. (5/16/16)

Quote of the Day (last day wish)

"What if they're doing this so they can do something nice for us because it's our last day?" - Naïve question from a high school senior before she found out that the schoolwide emergency lockdown was due to a police chase of a (pellet) gun wielding stranger near campus on the seniors' last day of classes. (5/13/16)

Quote of the Day (install)

"Heh heh heh, 'instill fear', that sounds so stupid." - Observation from a student after I corrected her peer on his comment that he was going to "install fear" into anyone who messed with his friend. (5/12/16)

Quote of the Day (cameras)

"Wait, the cameras actually work?" - Suspicious question from a high school student after I said that the administration would be reviewing the footage from the cameras around campus to find information regarding the perpetrators of a malicious prank today. She continued, "I didn't think they really worked so I've been dancing in front of them this whole time." (5/11/16)

Quote of the Day (excuse)

"I didn't know we could do that." - Excuse from a high school student who complained about the difficulty of a test where I allowed students to confer with each other for the last fifteen minutes before turning it in. According to my recollection that student DID know about the ability to work together and instead chose to sit around wasting close to 40 minutes thinking he could just get the answers from his classmates who were doing their best. His peers were on to his plot, and ALL of them turned in their tests before the last fifteen minutes so he couldn't freeload. (5/10/16)

Quote of the Day (shrimp)

"Ha ha ha. Look at him. He looks like a shrimp trying to swim away." - Comment from a high school student as she watched a video of her brother trying to escape a hold in judo. (5/9/16)

Quote of the Day (cold)

Me: "So how was your (AP) test?"
Student 1: "It was cold."
Student 2: "Yeah! I was freezing."
S1: "It was so cold that all the desks were wet from condensation."
S2: "At one point, we had to open the windows to let the warm air in."
(5/6/16)

Quote of the Day (borrow)

"Mister, can I borrow that?" - Question from a high school student pointing to something on my desk. When asked to specify what he wanted to borrow, he just pointed to my desk again and said, "That." I later found out he was asking if he could "borrow" the crackers I had brought for my lunch. (5/5/16)

Quote of the Day (plea)

"Mister, please don't make me go take that test." - Heartfelt plea from a high school junior who was scheduled to leave class in order to take a standardized test in the computer lab. (5/4/16)

Quote of the Day (old)

"Wait!? You're Mr. Hwang?" - Question from one of my student's friends at a school event. When I asked why she was so surprised and if she needed to see my ID, she replied, "I don't know. By the way my friends talk about you, I just thought you were old." (5/3/16)

Quote of the Day (monkeys)

"Ha! Listen to those monkeys." - Observation accompanied by a condescending chuckle from a high school senior regarding some students screeching like simians just downstairs. I didn't have the heart to remind him that just months earlier, I had to reprimand him for distracting the class by incessantly clucking like a chicken. (5/2/2016)