Quote of the Day (teacher)

“Mister, it must be really stressful to be a math teacher.” - Comment from a student after he observed my growing frustration with his friend’s attempts to submit his assignment online. It started with simple rounding mistakes: .0515 was rounded to .051. Next came typing errors on other problems: 0.0313 was typed in as 0.313 as he rushed to finish. He finally managed to eliminate all his easy mistakes on his eighth attempt. (10/6/17)

Quote of the Day (fun)

”Math is fun when it makes sense.” - Comment from a high school student as she figured out how to do some of the more complicated problems from the day’s lesson on her own. (10/5/17)

Quote of the Day (permission)

Student: “Mister, I have something I need you to sign.”
Me: “Sure. What is it?”
Student [extracting a damp permission form from a jean (back) pocket]: “Ewww. It’s all gross.”
(10/4/17)

Quote of the Day (above average)

Student 1 [looking at the class’ average score that I posted on the board]: “Hey! I’m slightly above average.”
Student 2: “Me too!”
Student 1 [turning to high five Student 2]: “Hey! We’re both above average.” (10/3/17)

Quote of the Day (cheating)

Student: “Mister, I heard that you caught some people cheating on a test in your class last week.”

Me: “Wow. News travels fast.”

Student: “Do you still let them use notes like you did with us last year?

Me: “Yes.”

Student: “Oh my gosh! How stupid do they have to be to cheat on an open-note test?” (10/2/17)

Quote of the Day (scotch tape)

Student: “Mister, do you have any scotch tape?”
Me [pointing to the counter where all my supplies are kept]: “Yes.”
Student: “No. Not that kind.”
Me: “What kind do you mean?”
Student: “Not the clear kind. The tan kind.”
Me: “You mean masking tape?”
(9/29/17)

Quote of the Day (loser)

“Do we have a deal? Loser has to wear a dress to school.” - Playful bet between a few male high school students after they kept bragging about how they were going to outscore each other on an upcoming exam. One of them came in extra early today to start the exam before class officially began. He told me that he wanted to finish it before everyone else so he could put pressure on his friends; he only missed one question on the entire exam. (9/28/17)

Quote of the Day (submit)

“Is that still turn in-able?” - Question from a high school student during a conversation about her poor test score being a direct result of her missing homework. (9/26/17)

Quote of the Day (allergy)

“Wait! Mister, you’re allergic to peanuts too? That’s so cool.” - Comment from a high school student who was excited to learn that he wasn’t the only one allergic to peanuts, I guess. (9/26/17)

Quote of the Day (Wendy’s)

Student 1: “You know what this community needs? A Wendy’s! Instead of the new fire station, they should just build a Wendy’s. I would totally work over there.”
Student 2: “Why? They probably pay minimum wage. You could probably get more money [somewhere else].”
Student 1: “Yeah, but at Wendy’s their burgers are square!”
(9/25/17)

Quote of the Day (voice)

Student: “Mister, when are you ever going to get your voice back?”
Me: “Soon, I hope.”
Student: “Good. Because I kinda forgot what your real voice sounds like.”
Me too, kid. Me too. (9/22/17)

Quote of the Day (tired)

“When I was young I used to make fun of people that said stuff like that. *sigh* Now I’m one of them.” - Confession from a high school senior after immediately complaining about how tired she was as she entered the classroom. (9/21/17)

Quote of the Day (copycat)

”Mister, I promise I’m not copying you. I really did lose my voice.” - Comment from a hoarse student during class. (9/20/17)

Quote of the Day (wrong class)

"Oh! I was wondering why there were so many new students in my class." - Comment from a high school student upon realizing she had been sitting down and waiting for class to start in the wrong period. (9/19/17)

Quote of the Dlay (notes)

Student: "Mister, I swore I took notes on this last year."
Me: "I know. Because I taught it to you."
Student: "Oh yeah. I remember now!"
Me: "Good. You remember what it said?"
Student: "No. I just remember I wrote it on a purple sheet of paper."
(9/18/17)

Quote of the Day (triangles)

Student [looking over her most recent exam]: "Mister, did I get all of these wrong because I drew and labeled my triangles wrong?"
Me [glancing at the red marks scattered all over her test]: "Unfortunately, yes."
Student: "Aw. You even told us not to do that." (9/15/17)

Quote of the Day (sto)

"Wow! This is evolutionary." - Comment from a high school student after I showed her how to store numbers in the calculator's memory so she wouldn't have to write them all down when trying to be as precise as possible in her calculations. (9/14/17)

Quote of the Day (Costco)

"Wow! It looks like Costco in there." - Comment from a high school student who caught a glimpse of the contents of my snack closet. (9/13/17)

Quote of the Day (Binder)

Student [at the beginning of class on Monday]: "Mister, did I leave my binder in here last week?"
Me: "No. I haven't seen it."
Student: "Well, I'll guess I'll have to start a new one then."

Student [at the end of school on Tuesday]: "Mister, did you see my new binder anywhere in your classroom?"
Me: "Yes. It's right where you left it on Monday." (9/12/17)

Quote of the Day (date)

Student 1: "Mister, I need to make up the work that I missed."
Me: "It's on my website."
Student 1 [2 minutes later & looking at my website]: "How do I know which assignments I missed?"
Student 2 [before I could answer]: "It's right there! Just look at the dates that you missed, Thursday and Friday, the assignments are listed underneath each date."
Me: "Thanks."
Student 2 [pounding his chest]: "I got you Mister!" (9/11/17)