Quote of the Day (candy)

"I didn't know teachers eat candy." - Comment from a high school student after I offered her some of the candy I was eating. (9/29/15)

Quote of the Day (Christmas)

"I'm so ready for Christmas." - Random comment from a high school student as she walked into the classroom...on September 28th. (9/28/15)

Quote of the Day (true math)

Trite thought of the day over the intercom: "Don't forget that a half-truth is a whole lie."
Student: "Well, if you multiply both sides by two, that means two lies are equal to one truth."
(9/22/15)

Quote of the Day (zooming)

"He hasn't changed at all. It's like someone just zoomed in on him." - Comment from a high school student complete with pinching motions as she described a former classmate from elementary school to her friend. (9/24/15)

Quote of the Day (angular velocity)

"Mister, I just saw some of the football boys doing that circle thing that we saw in class today." - Comment from a high school student during lunch. She apparently witnessed several students linking arms and whipping around a center like the video I used to demonstrate angular velocity. (9/23/15)

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Quote of the Day (interest)

"Doesn't it make you feel good when people are interested in doing well in math? Like me! I've never stayed after school to get help with math until this year." - Comment from a high school student after class ended. Time to retire; it can't get any better than this. (9/22/15)

Quote of the Day (soap)

"Mister, you'll never believe what I saw; the bathroom actually has soap AND paper towels." - Comment from a high school student upon his return from an apparently historic trip to the restroom. (9/21/15)

Quote of the Day (cotangent)

"I'm high on...cotangent." - Comment from a trigonometry student after I asked her why she was especially giddy at the beginning of class. (9/18/15)

Quote of the Day (McDonald's)

"Mister, I went to McDonald's for lunch today. I couldn't even get any food because the lines were so long." - Response from a high school student after I asked him why he was rushing into class after lunch. I guess demand was extremely high on its (re)opening day. (9/17/15)

Quote of the Day (priorities)

"I'd better go get some frozen yogurt before it comes." - A high school student as soon after she found out there was a tsunami watch right before school was released. (9/16/15)

Quote of the Day (me)

"Hey Mister, is that you?" - Question from a student who was looking through one of the older yearbooks I have in my classroom. He was pointing to some random Asian guy with glasses. The name listed next to the picture wasn't even close to mine. (9/15/15)

Quote of the Day (clucking)

"STOP CLUCKING!" - Demand from a high school student who got annoyed by her neighbor's mindless clucking as he was working on his assignment. (9/10/15)

Quote of the Day (yearbook)

"That's so cool. I wish we could put a video in a yearbook." - Comment from a high school student after she watched the school band perform. (9/11/15)

Quote of the Day (crying)

"Mister, he almost cried when he saw his test score." - Comment from a high school student about her sibling's grade that almost prevented him from playing in this week's homecoming game. (9/10/15)

Quote of the Day (on fleek)

"Mister, do you know what 'on fleek' means?" - Question from a high school student after class ended. I said, "Yes. Is it kinda like your grade?" and got quite a positive response. Did I say something good? (9/9/15)

Quote of the Day (food service)

"Mister, did you ever have a food service job?" - Question from a high school student right before class started. After I answered, I asked him why he brought that question to me thinking that he might be seeking some job advice. He replied, "No reason. It seems that a lot of teachers have had jobs in the food service industry." (9/8/15)

Quote of the Day (related)

"Mister, are you guys related?" - Question from a high school student after a coworker (who is also Asian) dropped off something in the middle of class. (9/4/15)

Quote of the Day (history)

"MISTER! I'm telling you the truth. I thought you would believe me; we have a history together. C'mon, we go way back." - Frustration from a former student after I refused to believe what he was telling me about a coworker. (9/3/15)

Quote of the Day (school pride)

"I was just trying to have a little school pride." - Comment from a defeated student who was so happily pointed out that she had two brand new pencils with our school logo on them only to jam the pencil sharpener. (9/2/15)

Quote of the Day (banana)

"I always feel awkward when I eat a banana in front of people." - Explanation from a high school student after I gave him a weird look as he stood up to move to the back of the room to finish his lunch. (9/1/15)