Quote of the Day

"Was it haunted?" -- A student's sincere question as to why my classroom had been unoccupied for nearly two and a half months of school before they finally cleaned it and allowed me to use it. (10/25/20)

Quote of the Day

"I need help! It keeps saying that I'm doing something wrong." -- A student who couldn't log in to take an online exam. In the line where she needed to write her first name, she typed in her full name. (10/26/10)

Quote of the Day

"I knew I could impose on you at some point." -- Ominous quote from the coworker who brought me the house-warming gift of a paper cutter last week. (10/26/10)

Quote of the Day

"I knew I could think of a good house-warming gift." -- A coworker who swung by my new(ly acquired) classroom with a papercutter. Just what I needed. (10/20/10)

Advice of the Day

"You should go run on the beach." -- A friend's unhelpful suggestion to help me with my foot pain. (10/22/10)

Quote of the Day

"Typical male." -- Response from a coworker after I told her that my favorite color was blue. (10/21/10)

Email Subject of the Day

"The world's number 1 pest (again)" -- Subject line of a coworker's plea for some tech help. (10/21/10)

Quote of the Day

"Just remember, I thought of making copies before you." -- A coworker's justification for trying to weasel ahead of me in the line to use the copy machine. (10/19/10)

Song of the Day

"I'm a little tea pot short and spout. Here is my handle; here is my sprout." -- A student's remix. Please don't ask me why she started singing this in the middle of class (10/19/10)

(Persistent) Question of the Day

"Is it clean?" -- Query from many coworkers who found out that I finally moved into my own classroom that had been left vacant for months due to mold/mildew issues (10/18/10)

Quote of the Day

"Mister, can I call you 'Daniel'?" -- 7th grader's attempt to get under my skin. (9/30/10)

Assumption of the Day

"Chinese babies have lots of hair, right?" -- A coworker's question to me as she was talking about our friend's new baby who apparently had a lot of hair. a) I don't know anything about babies and b) I'm not Chinese. (10/13/10)

Quote of the Day

"You're the only teacher I know who takes the stairs." -- A student who noticed that I never use the elevator to get to my classroom on the third floor. (9/23/10)

Adjective of the Day

"More like 'super duper uper'." -- A student's comment after I joked with her that I was a super-mean teacher for not buying her a soda from the teacher break room. (10/13/10)

Observation of the Day

"It looks like your school provides the bulk of this place's employees." -- A friend's conclusion after he witnessed me running into a bevy of my former students while touring at the Polynesian Cultural Center. (10/12/10)

Quote of the Day

"Try one, I wanna see what happens?" -- My uncle's urging to eat a boiled peanut...I'm allergic to peanuts. (10/8/10)

Quote of the Day

"You've never had this before?!" -- A friend's question/exclamation after I asked her how to spell "lavash" because I had no clue what it was. (10/6/10)

Quote of the Day

"You deserve it." -- Comment from an old friend after I mentioned that I'm enjoying my fall break. (10/4/10)

Justification of the Day

"That's for wearing red." -- A coworker's reason for slugging me on the arm...our school was having Red & White Day for homecoming. (10/1/10)

Overshare of the Day

"Haoles are se-xy." -- A 7th grader in the middle of class. (9/15/10)