Quote of the Day (bee)

"Look Mister! I'm the Bee Master. What should I do? Kill it? Or let it go?" - Comment from a high school student who had trapped a bee with his water bottle during class. (5/8/17)

Quote of the Day (book)

"That's all from second period? You should write a book of them." - Reaction from a high school student after I read some of the random quotes I had written down from my other class. (5/5/17)

Quote of the Day (smell)

Student 1 (to Student 2): "Mmm, you smell nice today."
Student 2 (looks at me awkwardly, pauses, then smells herself): "Nope. It's not me. It must be Mister." (5/4/17)

Quote of the Day (instagram)

"I'm going to make an Instagram just so I can follow you Mister." - Comment from a younger high school student who has heard of some of the humorous posts on my public instagram account. For the record, I don't think my posts are that funny. (5/3/17)

Quote of the Day (Field Trip)

Student [walking into the room well before the start of class]: "Hi Mister."
Me: "What are you doing here? I thought you had a field trip."
Student: "...Oh yeah."
Me: "Wow! How is it that I know your schedule better than you?"
Student: "Oh no, I don't have any money to buy lunch."
...
Student: "Oh well, I can skip eating."
...
Student: "Oh, I also need a change of clothes."
...
Student: "Oh well, I'll dry out in the bus."
...
Student [turns around and walks out]: "Thanks for reminding me Mister." (5/2/17)

Quote of the Day (scab)

Student 1: "Yes! It's finally off. It's taken about a month."
Me [turning to see Student 1 picking off a scab from his knee]: "Why would you even tell me this let alone say it out loud? That would be like taking pictures of it and posting it on instagram."
Student 2: "My brother posted pictures of his ingrown toenail on his instagram." (5/1/17)

Quote of the Day (twitter)

"Mister, will you follow me back?"
"Can I draw a new profile picture for you?"
Questions from some of my students after I revealed to the class that I had created an "official" twitter account. (4/28/17)

Quote of the Day (Korean)

Student: "Mister, you're Korean, right?"
Me: "Yes. Half."
Student: "You guys make the best dramas."
(4/24/17)

Quote of the Day (Japanese)

"Mister, some teacher told me to bring this to you because you might have left them there [the teacher workroom]." - Comment from an unknown high school student handing me a stack of blue papers that a well-intentioned teacher thought was mine. Each of the blue papers had the lyrics to a song on them...in Japanese; I teach math. (4/26/17)

Quote of the Day (loud)

"I guess that's how people speak wherever she's from. I couldn't imagine you doing that." - Comment from high school student after she complained about how loud her teacher in the previous class was. (4/25/17)

Quote of the Day (Mary Poppins)

"You're like the male version of Mary Poppins." - Comment from a high school student who saw me provide within just a few minutes of each other: a fork for a student who was finishing her lunch, a marker for a student who was starting his work, and a wet napkin for a student whose pen broke spilling ink all over his hands and desk. (4/24/17)

Quote of the Day (rain)

Student 1 [observes the rain intensify right before class ends]: "I'm allergic to water so I guess I have to stay here and not go to my next class."
Student 2: "If you're allergic to water? How do you take a shower?" (4/21/17)

Quote of the Day (blood)

Student 1 (to her peer who just wearily walked in with bandages on each arm): "You're back! Thanks for donating blood. How was it?"
Student 2: "Huh? Oh, it was OK. I was surprised how sore it was when they were digging around for my vein."
Student 1: "Ow. That can hurt. Was this your first time?"
Student 2:. Yeah...no, it's my last time."
(4/20/17)

Quote of the Day (stairs)

"Mister! I'm not going to miss those...hold on, let me catch my breath...After I graduate, I'm not going to miss those stairs." - Comment from a high school senior after climbing to my class on the third floor after lunch. (4/19/17)

Quote of the Day (NBA)

Student: "Jazz game today! I'm cheering for the Jazz."
Me: "I thought you were a Pacers fan."
Student: "I am. I want the Jazz and the Pacers in the Finals."
Me: "Oh, now I get it."
Student continues with a wry smile: "With a game 7 last second game winner by Lance Stephenson." (4/18/17)

Quote of the Day (spiral)

Me: "So what shape does that make?"

Student: "I know! It makes...um...a Maui!" (4/13/17)

Quote of the Day (cap & gown)

Student 1: "Did you pick up your cap and gown yesterday?"
Student 2: "Yeah. I was cruising around in it pretty much the whole night."
(4/13/17)

Quote of the Day (missionary)

Student 1: "Yes, I'm planning on going to [college name] after my mission."
Me: "So you're going on your mission right after high school?"
Student 1: "I'll be done with my [application] papers this Sunday. I should know where I'm going in a few weeks before graduation."
Me: "Wow. That's coming up fast.
Student 2: "What do you do on a mission?"
The bell rings right after Student 1 answered several more questions from Student 2 about church missions.
Student 2: "How many missionaries are there right now?"
Student 1: "You know, if you're so interested, you could actually meet some missionaries. I could even have some visit you at your house." (4/11/17)

Quote of the Day (Good Friday)

"Oh, is that what it's for? I always thought someone just picked some random Friday and since all Fridays are good..." - Comment from a high school student after her friend explained why we celebrate Good Friday. (4/10/17)

Quote of the Day ( wisdom)

"She likes talking, but it hurts. So now she's only talking as much as a normal person would." - A high school student's observation of her chatty friend who was missing class because she had her wisdom teeth removed yesterday. (4/6/17)