Question of the Day

"Are you gellin'?" -- A coworker's advertisement-affected question after I told him I bought some shoe inserts for my ailing feet. (9/29/10)

Offer of Assistance of the Day

"You didn't know what it was? You should've texted me!" -- A friend, who was potentially embarrassed by my playful posting on facebook of not knowing what doobie was. (9/28/10)

Quote of the Day

"OH MY GOSH! I've never seen you wear shorts!" -- A stunned student's reaction to my dressing up (?) in a red T-shirt, black shorts, and slippers as part of our School Spirit Week's Twins Day. (9/27/10)

Quote of the Day

"Even if it had dog doo doo on it, he would take it." -- A student's comment after I had just told his friend to stop making excuses about not turning in his homework because it got wet from the heavy rain in the morning. (9/22/10)

Comeback of the Day

"No, I'm a fake principal." -- My school's principal after one of my nosy students asked her who she was and upon hearing that she was the principal asked, "Are you a real principal?" (9/21/10)

Quote of the Day

"There was a sniper at the top of Pupukea shooting at the people at the beach." -- Part of a coworker's story of his sneaking by the guards when the filming of Hawaii 5-0 had closed all of Waimea Beach Park. (9/20/10)

Exclamation of the Day

"Yeah! We sold our first one!" -- An elementary school student who came over to sell some chocolate for a fund raiser for a school trip to the Big Island (9/20)

Question of the Day

"Are you married?" -- Nosy question from a worker at a Korean store that I went to for the first time. I don't think I'll be going back. (9/17/10)

Assumption of the Day

"One of them is wearing an air tank. Maybe they're here to clean your classroom." -- A coworker's theory to explain why there were two firemen walking around on campus. (I have to float from classroom to classroom while there is a room that remains unused because it needs to be cleaned of some nasty mold/mildew.) (9/16/10)

Delegation of the Day

"Oh! It looks like Daniel will have to make all of the tests now." -- Coworker's comment after two other teachers' logins to a test generating program failed. (9/15/10)

Rumor of the Day

"I hear that BYU is having MAJOR housing problems." -- Second time (less than 12 hours apart) I heard two different friends giving me inside information about a severe housing shortage in case I wanted to rent out a room or two to make some money on the side. (9/13/10)

Compliment (?) of the Day

"You're very helpful." -- A friend's comment to me in regards to the advice I had given him a few days prior. My friend was concerned since his daughter (my former student) was contemplating going out with a guy twice her age. My advice to him was to tell his daughter that the guy she was interested in was the same age as me; apparently that quickly solved the problem because it "grossed her out". (9/9/10)

Offer of the Day

"Mister! You wanna go paintballing with me?" -- A student's eager invitation right before the weekend. (I politely declined; I think he just wanted some justification to shoot something at me) (9/3/10)

Misunderstanding of the Day

"Turkey baste?" -- A teacher's misinterpretation of the presenter's use of the words "perky pace" in today's meeting. (9/8/10)

Quote of the Day

"That's because you're old." -- A student's response to my telling the class that I've never owned an iPod. (9/2/10)

Quote of the Day

"The cure for that is MORE hiking." -- A friend's recommendation after I made the excuse that I didn't want to attempt the 13 mile hike next week because my legs felt wobbly and sore even after doing a short 5 mile hike. (9/5/10)

Explanation of the Day

"My car doesn't go in reverse so I don't want to drive it to certain places." -- A friend's reason why he was asking for a ride (9/2/10)

Offer of the Day

"You like me slap him for you?" -- A female student's question after a male student called me a jerk. (9/3/10)

Quote of the Day

"My favorite word is 'no'." -- Confession from one of my students who refused to sit down in class.  (This heartfelt admission came after I used his favorite word when he asked if he could go to the bathroom.) (9/2/10)

Overshare of the Day

"The sub was getting mad and yelling at us. She dropped a paper and when she leaned over to pick it up, we could all see her underwear! My eyes were burning." -- A 7th grader who started talking about the sub in her other class after she got done complaining about my substitute. (9/1/10)