Quote of the Day (Hot in Herre)

“♪ It’s getting hot in here, so turn on all your fans. ♫”  - Short tune sung by a high school student on a particularly muggy/hot morning. (9/28/18)

Quote of the Day (happy)

Student: “Mister, do you have [friend’s name]?”
Me: “Yes. How did you know?”
Student: “Because she came into practice and grabbed my arm just to tell me that she scored 100% on your test.” (9/27/18)

Quote of the Day (stairs)

Student 1 [entering the classroom]: “Ugh. I can never get used to those stairs.”
Me: “That’s because I added a few more this morning.”
Student 1: “Ha ha ha [courtesy laugh]. That’s so dumb.”
A few minutes later Student 2 enters the classroom breathing heavily. “I hate those stairs.”
Student 1: “Mister said he added a few more this morning.”
Student 2 [glaring at me]: “Mister! Why would you do that?” (9/26/18)

Quote of the Day (goldfish)

Student [between bites]: “Hi Mister. Would you like some goldfish?”
Me: “No tha...”
Student [pulling the bag away from me]: “That’s OK. They’re kinda stale anyway.” (9/25/18)

Quote of the Day (fired)

Student [entering class]: “Mister! Is there anything I can do to get a teacher fired?”
Me: “Why would I help you to get me fired?”
Student: “No, not you. Just a teacher who is not doing their job.” (9/24/18)

Quote of the Day (vinegar)

Student 1 [eating salt and vinegar chips]: “Oh man, these are so good.”
Student 2 [who offered to share her horse meat yesterday]: “Ew! Those are so gross.”
Student 1: “What!? So you’ll eat horse, but you won’t eat salt and vinegar chips!?” (9/21/18)

Quote of the Day (horse)

Student 1 [holding a plate]: “Mister, do you want some horse?”
Student 2: “What!? Is that really horse?”
[after a lengthy conversation and a short poll revealing how many people would actually eat horse]
Student 2: “You’re all serial killers! I never would’ve thought I’d lose so many friends over this.” (9/20/18)

Quote of the Day (headphone jack)

Student 1 [flipping his calculator around]: “Mister, where’s the headphone jack on this thing? I could’ve sworn there was a headphone jack.”
Student 2: “Why? So you can listen to your math?” (9/19/18)

Quote of the Day (vlog)

Student 1 [after finding out about my YouTube channel]: “Mister! Do you have a vlog?”
Me: “No. I can’t talk, and I don’t like being in front of a camera.”
Student 2: “You should do a vlog!”
Student 1: “Yeah, I would totally watch your vlog.” (9/18/18)

Quote of the Day (niele)

Student 1 [after hearing me speak of the Hawaiian word “niele”]: “Mister, what does that even mean?”
Me: “It means to be nosy.”
Student 1: “Aw c’mon, don’t be like that.”
Me [confused]: “What do you mean?”
Student 1: “C’mon, just tell me what it means.”
Me [even more confused]: “I said it means to be nosy.”
Student 2: “Mister is not joking with you right now. It really means what he said.” (9/17/18)

Quote of the Day (help)

Student [pouting]: “Mister, I need help.”
Me [thinking Student came in early for help on her upcoming exam]: “Sure. What do you need?”
Student: “I just got asked to homecoming, but I don’t want to be mean and say ‘no’.” (9/14/18)

Quote of the Day (Kahuku Lake)

“Oh, the famous Kahuku Lake has returned.” - Comment from a high school student after heavy rains flooded the nearby track. (9/13/18)

Quote of the Day (personal info)

Student: “Mister, where do you live?”
Me [having learned not to immediately answer that question from last year]: “Where do you think I live?”
Student guessed correctly and explained, “I was just wondering if your house would get flooded [from the tropical storm].”
Me: “Usually my home is OK. Thanks for worrying about me though. You can’t get rid of me that easily.”
20 minutes later
Student [standing up to turn something in as I walked by]: “Whoa! Mister, how tall are you?”
Me: “What’s with all the personal questions? Are you trying to hack into my bank account?” (9/12/18)

Quote of the Day (tropical storm)

"But you know what? You're still in school so just shut up and do your math homework!" - Comment from a high school student who was getting fed up with her classmate who had been incessantly prattling on about how he wished that the incoming tropical storm would force the school to close so he wouldn’t have to do any school work. (9/11/18)

Quote of the Day (good/great)

Student: “Hey Mister. How has your day been going?”
Me [thoughtlessly]: “Good.”
Student: “Well, it’s about to become great!”
Me: “Oh? Why?”
Student [motioning to his peers as they entered the room]: “Because, it’s your favorite class!” (9/10/18)

Quote of the Day (70)

“Whew! I’m happy I got a 70%.” - Comment from a high school student when she got her test score after learning her peers’ scores were hovering around an average of 48%. She continued, “I mean...I’m happy, but I’m not happy with just a 70%.” (9/7/18)

Quote of the Day (Einstein)

“Ha! I feel like Albert Einstein right now!” - Excited comment from a high school student after she figured out a particularly difficult calculus concept in class. (9/6/18)

Quote of the Day (AFLAC)

Student 1 [reading about Ben and Casey Affleck]: “Wait! There are two Afflecks!?”
Student 2: “I thought it was pronounced AFLAC...oh wait, that’s the insurance company.” (9/5/18)

Quote of the Day (bachelor)

[Male] Student: “Mister, do you watch Bachelor in Paradise?”
Me: “No.”
Student: “You should. There’s so much drama on that show.” (9/4/18)