Quote of the Day (movie)

"♪ Do you want to build a snowman? ♪" - Musical interlude from two MALE high school students who simultaneously broke out into song in class after their peer told me that the best movie she watched over the Winter Break was the Disney film "Frozen". (1/8/14)

Quote of the Day (winter)

"Mister, it's so cold it stings my nose when I breathe." - Melodramatic complaint from an intermediate student in the morning where the low temperature in the classroom was about 70º F (21º C). (1/7/14)

Quote of the Day (divorces)

"What!? You got two divorces?" - Comment from an eavesdropping student after his peer just mentioned to me that her family got two new horses over the break. (1/7/14)

Quote of the Day (facebook)

"Mister, I thought you were too cool for facebook." - Comment from a high school student after I asked why she was so stunned to find out I had a facebook account. (12/19/13)

Quote of the Day (dollar)

"I'll give you a dollar for that." - Offer from a high school student eyeing my lunch that I paid over a dollar for. (12/12/13)

Quote of the Day (crumpled)

"Mister, do you like reading crumpled up papers?" - Question from a high school student who was just about to crumple up his homework before submitting it. (12/17/13)

Quote of the Day (spelling)

"Did you know that 'Dallas' spelled backwards is 'salad'?" - Overheard from a conversation in my class right before lunch. (12/19/13)

Quote of the Day (scroll)

"The questions were at the end? No wonder I couldn't find them; that's too far to scroll down." - Excuse from a high school student on why she never turned in her homework even though I typed up my notes along with the homework problems then sent them to her via email. (12/17/13)

Quote of the Day (Batman)

"You sound like Batman." - A high school student's comment after I apologized for my voice turning into a growl from my nagging cold. (12/17/13)

Quote of the Day (magic)

"What is that? Some kind of [magic] spell or something?"  - A student's question to her classmate who was practicing his Japanese presentation in my class during recess. (12/16/13)

Quote of the Day (annoyed)

"Mister never gets annoyed with me, right Mister?" - Interruption from a bragging student to her peer as I was helping their classmate. (12/13/13)

Quote of the Day (ice cream)

"Mister, you know how you emailed my mom about my test score right?" - Start of a side conversation at the end of class from a normally quiet student who had just scored the highest percent out of all my students the previous day. She continued with a big smile on her face, "Well, she went out and got me my favorite ice cream last night." (12/12/13)

Quote of the Day (teaching)

"No offense to math teachers, but I could never do what you do even though all my friends say that I should become a math teacher." - Curious statement from a former student as I helped her with her assignment. When I asked her why she answered, "I know I'm good at math, but I just can't stand students. They drive me crazy." (12/11/13)

Quote of the Day (connection)

"I don't know why I'm doing so bad in the class. I know what I'm doing; I just don't do all the work." - Confession from a former student about her struggles in her current math class. When I scoffed at the absurdity of her statement, she added, "I just wish the homework would, you know, do itself." (12/10/13)

Quote of the Day (spy)

"Mister, did you choose this class so you can spy on people?" - Question from an intermediate student regarding why my classroom is on the third floor. (12/9/13)

Quote of the Day (food)

"I have no food; I can't do math today." - Excuse from a hungry high school student. (12/5/13)

Quote of the Day (torque)

"I'm sorry, Mister, but did you just say 'twerk'?" - Question from an eavesdropping student as I helped her friend solve a problem involving torque and vectors. (12/5/13)

Quote of the Day (rap)

"I like the old stuff. The new stuff is just...just degrading to women." - A female high school student's view on rap music. This came from a side conversation that started in class after I regrettably paused to think after beginning a statement with, "If you don't know..." (12/4/13)

Quote of the Day (cold)

"Yeah, it was cold as hell." - A high school student's explanation of what his trip to San Diego was like. (12/2/13)

Quote of the Day (ritual)

"I dunno. It sounds like it's some kind of ritual...with chickens." - A high school student's explanation of what he thought the word "hiatus" meant. Another student later said that it "sounds like Japanese or German." (12/2/13)