Quote of the Day (food)

"Wasting food is a sin." - Scolding from a high school senior after he saw me throwing away the last slice of a mushy apple that I had forced myself to eat. (2/8/17)

Quote of the Day (password)

"My first password was 'teddybear'." - Confession from a high school student after she overheard me warning her friend not to divulge her school account password to anyone. (2/1/17)

Quote of the Day (photoshop)

Student (whispering right before class started): "Mister! Did you know that someone photoshopped your face on that salt guy?"
Me: *shrug*
Student (continuing to whisper but somewhat more seriously): "Do you know who did it? Are you not going to do anything about it?" (2/3/17)

Quote of the Day (donuts)

Student (after school): "What are you doing?"
Me: "Sending emails to the parents of my students that scored 100%."
Student: "I remember when you did that for me. Last time I got donuts."
...
Student: "Can you email my parents too even though I didn't score 100%?"
Me: "No. Not after the kind of mistake that you made."
Student: "Please! You can even tell them that I knew how to do everything, but just accidentally put three times one is two." (2/3/17)

Quote of the Day (fake)

"For a while I thought it was real, and I thought, 'Whoa! He's really confident!'" - Confession from a former student who went out of her way to tell me that she appreciated the humor of my recent photoshopped picture that I had posted on Instagram. (2/2/17)

Quote of the Day (score)

"It's just my test score." - Sheepish comment from a normally very reserved and upstanding high school student after I asked her what was on a note she passed to a friend as the class wrapped up a test. She was reluctant to show the note to me so I could confirm her story; after seeing her low score I could see why she was so hesitant to show it to me. (2/1/17)

Quote of the Day (judgement)

Me to a student who was absent the day before: "Where were you yesterday?"
Student 1 : "OK, don't judge me. I came to school yesterday, but forgot my bag at home so I went back to go get it."
Student 2: "But you never bring anything in your bag that you use for this class?"
Student 1: "Hey! Don't judge me!"
Student 2: "Mister already judged you when you didn't come to class yesterday." (1/31/17)

Quote of the Day (Ice Palace)

"The only good thing about Hawaii is the Ice Palace." - Controversial statement from a high school student who had been raving about wanting to travel to Singapore. (1/30/17)

Quote of the Day (Jack Daniels)

Student (reading something online): "Jack Daniels!?!"
Me (getting whiplash from turning around so fast and listening to this conversation a lot more attentively): "Excuse me?"
Student (very earnestly): "Who is he? Isn't he a country singer or something?" (1/27/17)

Quote of the Day (house)

Student: "Mister, do you live in a house?"
Me: (confused & irritated look on my face)
Student: "Oh no! I meant 'Do you live in an apartment or a house?'"
(1/26/17)

Quote of the Day (shabu shabu)

Student 1 (talking to her peer about foods she likes to eat): "Shabu shabu!"
Student 2 (who had been eavesdropping on this conversation): "What!?"
Student 1: "Shabu shabu. You know, where they bring you the food and you're supposed to cook it in the pot in front of you."
Student 2: "Oh, I thought you were talking about the whale that's at Sea World." (1/20/17)

Quote of the Day (dumb)

"Oh mister, she's not racist. She's just dumb." - Comment from a high school student in defense of one of his peers who had made a somewhat questionable statement regarding Asians. (1/24/17)

Quote of the Day (stairs)

"Mister...do you...climb those....stairs every day?" - Breathless question from a student who just climbed up to my classroom on the third floor. (1/18/17)

Quote of the Day (bears)

"They're so caring. I think they're better than people." - Strange comment from a high school student as the class was busy doing their work. When I asked what she was talking about she replied, "Bears." Later when I walked around the room I saw that she had a new Care Bears folder on her desk. (1/18/17)

Quote of the Day (quote)

"Mister, I need help." - Comment from a frazzled high school senior who came into my classroom two periods before her scheduled class. When I asked what she needed help with she replied right before I kicked her out, "Can you help me with my senior quote?" (1/18/17)

Quote of the Day (teacher)

"Sometimes Ms. [teacher's name] says, 'At least this is easier than Calculus.' But I have a better grade in this class, so she's really saying English is harder than Math." - Comment from my informant about what's being said about my class on campus. (1/13/17)

Quote of the Day (soccer)

"You came to our game last night!? Wait, why?" - Questions from a high school student after I complimented some of the plays she made at her soccer game the night before. She's the same student that told me I should come out to see her and her teammates (who are also my students) for their last regular season home game. (1/12/17)

Quote of the Day (gorilla)

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I have a crush on a gorilla." - Confession from a high school student after she told me that she enjoyed watching the movie "Sing" over the break. (1/10/17)

Quote of the Day (sneeze)

"When we walked into class yesterday, Mister asked me if I was in nearby classroom earlier in the day." - Confession from a student who sits by the door and apparently sneezed so loudly (and distinctly) that another teacher in an adjacent building heard him. (1/10/17)

Quote of the Day (new year)

"Mister! I haven't seen you since last year!" - Comment from a high school student said with feigned enthusiasm on the first day back from Winter Break. (1/9/17)