Quote of the Day (registration)

“The lady in the office just signed me up for your AP Calculus class next year. She even signed where you were supposed to sign it? Can she just do that?” - Comment from a high school student. She continued, “So if I fail your class, it’ll be her fault.” (2/8/18)

Quote of the Day (learning)

“Oh my gosh! I learn so much in this class!” - Exclamation from a student in the middle of class. I had just shown her how to use 2 fingers to scroll after she had voiced her frustration at how tiny the scroll bar was on certain websites on her computer. (2/6/18)

Quote of the Day (fruit snacks)

Student [before school started]: “Mister, I came in here to check my gra...OOH! Can I have a fruit snack?”
(Same) Student [about an hour and a half later during a class break]: “I came to see if you still had fruit snacks.” (2/6/18)

Quote of the Day (bets)

Student:  “Mister, I don’t know if [student’s name] is coming to school today.”
Me: “Why? Is he sick?”
Student: “No. It’s because he bet so many people that the Patriots would win the Super Bowl.” (2/5/18)

Quote of the Day (donuts)

Student 1 [throwing something away]: “Hey, there’s a donut box in here! Who had donuts?”
Student 2: “Oh, that was mine. Me and [friend’s name] ate the whole thing.”
Student 1: “You didn’t save one for me!?!?”
Me: “Yeah, where’s mine?”
Student 2: “You couldn’t eat them; they had chocolate frosting.”
[about an hour later]
Student 2 [seen struggling while running for a PE class]: “Mister! I shouldn’t have had all those donuts.” (2/2/18)

Quote of the Day (prom)

Student 1: “You have to stop asking me to help you find a prom date.”
Student 2: “Why? I need your help?”
Student 1: “If you don’t stop begging, I’m going to write ‘I need a prom date’ on a post-it note and paste it on your backpack.” (2/1/18)

Quote of the Day (Halloween)

“You should dress up as Mr. Lau for Halloween.” - Suggestion from a high school student who revels in the fact that people mistake me for her favorite teacher. She continued, “And he can dress up as you!” (1/31/18)

Quote of the Day (fake)

Student: “Mister, [friend’s name] asked me if that was your real voice.”
Me: “And what did you say?”
Student: “I said that it’s been like that for the whole year. You know what she said?”
Me: “No, what did she say?”
Student: “She said it sounded fake.” (1/30/18)

Quote of the Day (doppelgänger)

Student 1: “Mister, when I tried to type in your email address, it said you didn’t exist.”
Me: “I didn’t exist or my email address didn’t exist?”
Student 2: “What!? Mister is fake? Maybe you have a ‘dope-ganger’. Is that what they call it?”
Student 1: “I think you mean a ‘doppel-gangster’.”
Me: “Doppelgänger?”
Student 1: “Yeah! See, I was right.”
(1/29/18)

Quote of the Day (sickness)

Student 1 [entering the class]: “Mister, I almost didn’t come to class today.”
Student 2: “Oh, you got that Sixth Period Sickness?” (1/26/18)

Quote of the Day (license)

“Oh, Mr. Hwang, you’d better watch out now.” - A threat from a smiling student just before class started. He continued, “I got my license yesterday.” (1/15/18)

Quote of the Day (name)

Student 1: “Mr. Lau, look! I got it right.”
Student 2 [with a stunned look on her face]: “What did you just call him?”
Student 1: “No, I mean, Mr. Hwang!”
Student 2: “He just told us about how people confuse him for Mr. Lau.”
Student 1: “Mr. Hwang, I’m sorry. You know I would never do that on purpose.” (1/24/18)

Quote of the Day (help)

”YES! I got to help someone with math today.” - Exclamation in the middle of a lesson from a student who typically struggles in class. Towards the end of the period, the student that he had helped complained, “I did so bad in class today. I even needed help from [student’s name]; that’s how bad it was.” (1/23/18)

Quote of the Day (vegan)

Student 1: “Did you know you can eat Oreos even if you’re vegan?”
Student 2: “Wait!? Are you vegan?”
Student 1: “No! I’m not a vegan; I’m a Samoan!” (1/18/18)

Quote of the Day (eyebrows)

“It hurt so bad; I was crying my eyebrows out.” - Statement from a high school senior. Upon saying this, she saw the baffled look on my face and continued, “Eyeballs, eyebrows same thing.” (1/19/18)

Quote of the Day (Flintstones)

“They look like the wheels on those cars from the Flintstones.” - Comment from a high school student upon looking at his graphs of circles. (1/18/18)

Quote of the Day (voice)

Student 1: "Are you ever going to get your voice back?

Student 2: "Yeah. We don't even know what your real voice sounds like."

Student 1 [in a really gravelly low voice]: "Hi. Welcome to Trigonometry." (11/2/17)

Quote of the Day (ballistic)

Me: “How was your weekend? How was it with that false alarm?”
Student: “Yeah, so it was pretty crazy. As soon as we got that notification, my parents were going ballistic.”
Me: “Wait, was that a pun?”
Student: “Huh?”
(1/16/18)

Quote of the Day (present)

“You’re still here?” - Question from a high school student to his friend as he entered the classroom. His friend bragged that he was switching out of class yesterday. (1/12/18)

Quote of the Day (new year)

Student [between labored breaths from climbing the stairs to my class]: “New year, same old stairs.” (1/11/18)