Quote of the Day (dubstep)

"She really loves dubstep." - The things I learn about my coworkers through my students. (1/28/15)

Quote of the Day (fair)

"So if you don't play football here, you don't really mean anything?" - Question from a student who was upset that the football players were called for a special assembly while everyone else had to attend study hall. (1/28/15)

Quote of the Day (distance)

"Mister, I tried to keep up with the class while I was gone. It was so cool!" - Comment from a student who was absent yesterday but was able to keep up with part of the lesson because it was posted online and she could follow what her peers were doing during class. (1/27/15)

Quote of the Day (score)

"Hey! Why did I get points taken off?" - Question from a high school student after he got his graded assignment back. I politely reminded him that he chose to put his head down in class rather than finish the rest of it then chose to not do any of the problems at home before turning it in. Stunned, he asked, "How did you know all of that?" (1/22/15)

Quote of the Day (recess)

"Miss [teacher's last name] closes her doors so I came here." - Comment from a former student after I asked him why he came to my classroom during recess. His next class (to which he was referring to) is halfway across campus and the bell was scheduled to ring in less than 5 minutes. (1/22/15)

Quote of the Day (name)

"I'm sorry. I don't even know why I called you that. I've never even had him as a teacher." - Panicked reaction from a high school student after I feigned anger over her calling me by my colleague's name, Mr. Young. (1/21/15)

Quote of the Day (anticipation)

"Nothing, just looking forward to coming to class tomorrow." - Response from a high school student who came into my classroom during recess after I asked her if she needed anything since I wasn't scheduled to teach her class until tomorrow. (1/20/15)

Quote of the Day (synthetic)

Student (trying to distract me from teaching the lesson): "Mister, how are synthetic fibers made?"

Me: "From synthetic spiders." (1/16/15)

Quote of the Day (looks)

"The new teacher, she looks at me like she hates me. I didn't do anything yet." - Response from a former student after I asked her how her new math class was going. (1/16/15)

Quote of the Day (argument)

"Mister, do you know [student's name]? Well, I got into an argument with him about which is more important, statistics or calculus." - Confession from a high school student in one of my new classes. (1/15/15)

Quote of the Day (hearing)

"Mister, did you hear me yesterday?" - Question from a high school student about regarding his yelling out my name as he passed by my house yesterday evening. I pretended like I had no idea what he was talking about until he explained what he had done. Slightly frustrated he then asked, "So, you really weren't home at that time?" I was, but he'll never know. (1/14/15)

Quote of the Day (t-shirt)

"It was a Christmas gift from my parents; they know me too well." - Comment from a high school student after I complimented her on her math related t-shirt. The t-shirt design and subsequent comment from her peer can be found on my website for the class. (1/13/15)

Quote of the Day (grapes)

"So is there such a thing as grape bananas too?" - Serious question from a high school student after she didn't believe me when I said there was such a thing as apple bananas. (12/19/14)

Quote of the Day (genderist)

"Mister, you're racist against females. You're genderist." - Farcical accusation from a high school student after I refused to let her do more make up work to raise her grade past the deadline. (12/18/14)

Quote of the Day (return)

(Conversation in my classroom)
Former Student: Mister, I can't wait for you to come and teach our class.
Me: I'm not going anywhere.
FS: Wait, I thought you were taking over for [retiring teacher's name]!
Me: I am.
FS: So...wait! Does that mean we have to come up here!?
Me: Yes.
FS: Does that mean I have to climb those stairs every day!?!?!
Me: Yes.
FS (leaving the classroom): Noooooooooooooooooooooo.

Quote of the Day (existence)

"Man! Number 4 has me questioning my existence." - Exclamation from a high school student about a particularly challenging question on his test. (12/16/14)

Quote of the Day (religion)

"You can't do that! It's against your religion." - Comment from a high school student after I told her I would begin the next semester by assigning 40 homework questions on the first day. (12/15/14)

Quote of the Day (retirement)

"WAIT! Mister, you're retiring!?" - Question from a student who clearly misunderstood the rumor that coworker of mine is retiring and that I would begin teaching his students when he leaves. (12/12/14)

Quote of the Day (stairs)

"Noooo. We love the stairs." - Comment from a high school student after I told the class that one positive about them moving to another class (with a new teacher) after this semester is that they won't have to complain about climbing the stairs to my classroom any more. (12/11/14)

Quote of the Day (stop sign)

"You're nothing but an oversized stop sign." - Witty comeback from a 9th grade student who was being (playfully) harassed by a couple of upperclassmen on the basketball team who were wearing their bright red warmups in class. (12/9/14)