Answer of the Day

"It was a long arduous process." -- A teacher's answer to the accreditation panel's question of  "What did you learn about yourselves (through focus group meetings)?"

Student Quote of the Day

"This is actually kind of fun." -- A sincere aside from a student learning how to solve multi-step equations. I don't think I was meant to hear it.

Quote of the Day

"That's an interesting...technique." -- A friend's description of a fellow hiker's method of avoiding falling on the slippery trail by scuttling then just sliding on her butt. Talk about skid marks. :D

Time Quote of the Day

"It's about 12:80." -- One of two drunk people obstructing my descent by lying around in the middle of the trail. When I first started, they were both pretty coherent and got in an argument since one of them said, "Good afternoon" to me as I passed them. The other looked at his watch and said, "Nuh-uh, it's only 11:40, so 'Good morning!'"

Quote of the Day

"Who cares what Daniel thinks?!" -- A friend's reaction to being teased that her road rage language was offending me.

Cable Customer's Quote of the Day

"By right, they should replay it." -- Grandma's cranky reaction after missing about 10 minutes of her favorite Korean drama when the cable service went out this afternoon.

Coworker's Condescending Coincidence of the Day

"You drove ALL the way around the island to hike to here?" -- A coworker's response after a very random meeting at the far end of Oahu. I had just explained that we hiked to Kaena Point from the west side of the island when it would be easier to go from the north side.

Quote of the Day

"No wonder some people go homeless." -- Grandma's reaction to finding out the OLD and small 3 bedroom house up the street was renting for $1300/month.

"Funny" Quote of the Day

"Tell them about the bathroom story." -- A mother's embarrassing prodding of her son to explain to a group of 20+ strangers what happened to him during his homestay in Japan. The poor guy's eye's went wide, his face got flushed, and he could only look at the floor shaking his head for the next few minutes while the mother went ahead and told the story anyway. At the end, she turned to her son and said, "See! That was funny, not embarrassing."

Courteous Comment of the Day

"That sounds interesting." - Student's feigned interest after he asked me what I had planned for Spring Break and I admitted that the only thing I had lined up (at the moment) was a safety inspection for my car.

Question of the Day

"Do we have to do all the problems?" -- A student's question asked aloud in the middle of a 12 problem test. He still finished with 10 minutes to spare before the end of class.

Outrage of the Day :D

"Our lunch is too short for me to walk across the street and see what they're serving." -- an unknown co-worker's excuse for calling my classroom in the MIDDLE of 4th period to ask my coteacher, who recently opened a restaurant across the street, if she could find out what they were serving and if she could place an order.

Rejection of the Day

"Oh, you can go. We have all the NECESSARY people here anyway." -- A (kind) coworker's comment towards the end of my meeting that was running a bit long and I had to run to class.

Quote of the Day

"That comes on tonight. So you'll hear all about it tomorrow." -- A coworker's snappy comeback after I jokingly explained that I was glad my usual lunch buddy called in sick today so I wouldn't have to hear the usual American Idol recaps.

Crack of the Day

"Well, I guess this is going to be short meeting." -- Coworker's wisecrack after the lady in charge started the meeting by saying that we would only focus on the positives of teaching for the entirety of the meeting.

Compliment of the Day

"Mister, that's a nice shirt." -- One student's compliment that caught me completely by surprise, but before I could reply in gratitude, she yelled across the room to her friend, "SEE! I can be nice too!"

Confession of the Day

"I snitched a couple while you were at work." -- Grandma's reply to my offering of some cough drops for her cold.

Accusation of the Day

"Mister! Stop laughing at me." -- A student's plea after she admitted she was afraid she would fail a test. I was convulsing slightly from trying to hold back a cough.

Quote of the Day

"I forgot it on the bus." -- One student's depressing confession after he had just told my coworker and me in explicit detail about the two egg salad sandwiches his mom made especially for him today.

Quote of the Day (Lunch Edition)

"I kept knocking on the door. The security guard had sympathy and let me in even though it was closed." -- The interesting end to one of my coworker's stories. I had missed the beginning of it while I stood in line to get my lunch. When I asked what they were talking about, someone replied, "Oh, we were just sharing stories of getting diarrhea at the wrong time."