Quote of the Day (Hocus Pocus)

Me [to a student laughing near the end of class]: “Be nice. Stop laughing at [student name]’s mistake.”

Student: “Oh! No, I wasn’t laughing at her.”

Me: “So what were you laughing at?”

Student: “I was just laughing at something that I thought of. It’s not even funny. I’ll tell you tomorrow.”

Me: “No, you can’t do that to me. You can’t tell me to wait that long.”

Student: “OK. You know how the plural of focus is foci [pronouncing it fəʊ.kaɪ]?”

Me: “And?”

Student: “And do you know that movie Hocus Pocus? Well, I was just thinking that if they made another one they could call it Hoci Poci.”