Quote of the Day (tan)

 Student 1 [to Student 2]: "My goal this summer is to get buff."

Student 2: "You also need to get a tan. Look! Even Mister is darker than you." (4/26/21)

Quote of the Day (backgrounds)

 "Why do teachers do that? It looks so dumb." - Question from a high school junior as we were talking about the different virtual backgrounds that people use during their online classes. (4/23/21)

Quote of the Day (bee)

 "I was about to say to [student name] that I liked her pin, but then I saw it move." - Recap from a student explaining how he saw a bee that was on his classmate. The classmate added, "Thanks for letting me know. I'm allergic to bees." (4/22/21)

Quote of the Day (learning)

"In a way even though I'm not in school as much, struggling through all of this helped me learn things like time management." - Confession from a high school senior who was still willing to push forward despite failing my class in the first semester. (4/19/21)

Quote of the Day (moving)

 "Mister, did you ever think about moving your class to the first floor?" -- Question from a high school junior after climbing all the way up to the third floor for class. Even though she's only been (physically) coming to my class for a few weeks, it's already a running joke since her older sister (my former student) would make the same complaints every day. (4/16/21)

Quote of the Day (3 years)

 Student: “Mister, how long have you been teaching here?”

Me: “Since 2006.”

Student: “What the!? I wasn’t even 3 years old at that time!” (4/15/21)

Quote of the Day (bell)

 “Mister, the bell rang. It’s time to start class.” - Comment from a high school student who was trying to prompt me to start class when I was busy taking attendance. Normally not Quote of the Day material except this reminder to be punctual was coming from a student who hasn’t turned an assignment in on time all year. (4/14/21)

Quote of the Day (dryer)

 “I feel like making a meme of you for not having one.” — Comment from a high school student after I told her that I line dry my clothes because I don’t have a clothes dryer. (4/13/21)

Quote of the Day (safety)

 “Oops. I don’t know if I was supposed to tell you that.” Comment from a high school student after he said that one of his teachers took off their mask to teach saying, “I’m vaccinated so it doesn’t matter.” (4/12/21)

Quote of the Day (interaction)

 Me: "Welcome back! How was your first day back on campus?"

Student: "ACTUAL HUMAN INTERACTION!!!!" (4/9/21)

Quote of the Day (short)

 "For some reason I thought you were shorter." - Parting comment from a student that I met for the first time after more than half a year of meeting virtually for class. This was the same student who got upset with me at the beginning of the year for not remembering her from when she would come into my class to wait for her friends last school year. (4/8/21)