Quote of the Day (cheating)

Student 1 [to Student 2]: “I heard that your class got caught cheating on your [subject name] exam.”
Student 2: “It’s so dumb.”
Student 1: “[Teacher name] found out because someone took a picture of the exam and sent it to everybody.”
Student 2: “I know! You know how [teacher name] found out? They took a picture of [student name]’s test. He doesn’t even know what he’s doing, so everyone was copying the wrong answers.”
Student 1: “That’s so stupid. Why do people even need to cheat? The test was even open notes.”
(3/15/18)

Quote of the Day (pie)

“Hey Mister, where’s our pie?” - Question from a high school student on Pi Day. (3/14/18)

Quote of the Day (lunch)

“Wow! Thanks Mister. I’m going to come in here for lunch everyday.” - Comment from a high school student after I shared some of my food with her and another student. (3/12/18)

Quote of the Day (girlfriend)

“Mister, who is that?” - Question from a high school student who walked in while I was watching a video of a female hiker being interviewed on camera. The student continued her interrogation, “Is that your girlfriend?” (3/12/18)

Quote of the Day (fire drill)

Student 1: “Yesterday’s fire drill was so cold!”
Student 2: “Yeah! I was freezing out there.”
Student 1: “If there was an actual fire it would’ve been like, ‘Nope! It’s too cold.’ Then put itself out.” (3/9/18)

Quote of the Day (Hocus Pocus)

Me [to a student laughing near the end of class]: “Be nice. Stop laughing at [student name]’s mistake.”

Student: “Oh! No, I wasn’t laughing at her.”

Me: “So what were you laughing at?”

Student: “I was just laughing at something that I thought of. It’s not even funny. I’ll tell you tomorrow.”

Me: “No, you can’t do that to me. You can’t tell me to wait that long.”

Student: “OK. You know how the plural of focus is foci [pronouncing it fəʊ.kaɪ]?”

Me: “And?”

Student: “And do you know that movie Hocus Pocus? Well, I was just thinking that if they made another one they could call it Hoci Poci.”

Quote of the Day (mixtape)

“That’s Mister Hwang’s mixtape.” - Comment from a student just after the fire alarm sounded near the end of class. (3/5/18)

Quote of the Day (fire alarm)

Student 1 [after a fire alarm suspiciously sounds right before school was to end]: “Mister, how do they know if it’s a false alarm or a real fire.”
Student 2: “They’re probably like ‘*sniff sniff* Oh! It’s a false alarm.’” (3/5/18)

Quote of the Day (M)

Student: "OK, I just sent it to you."
Me: "I don't see it. What address did you send it to?"
Student: "mhwang@..."
Me: "M?! What does the m stand for?"
Student [starts laughing to himself]: "Oh, I thought your first name was Mister." (3/1/18)

Quote of the Day (snacks)

Me: “How was the ACT yesterday?”
Student: “It was OK. Our snack break was too short...or at least I thought it was.”
Me: “Did they [the school] provide any snacks or did you have to bring your own?”
Student: “We had to bring our own...then Miss [the proctor] started asking us for food. I was like, ‘Slow Down! We’re not even friends.’” (2/28/18)

Quote of the Day (squirrel)

 “Did you just say ‘squirrel of twenty-five’?” - Question from from a high school student to his friend who was helping him with some problems involving square roots. (2/26/18)

Quote of the Day (dad)

Student 1: “I see Mister walking his dad down my street.”
Student 2: “Walking his dad?”
Student 1: “Psh! I meant walking his dog.”
(2/26/18)

Quote of the Day (lockdown)

Student: “Mister, did you hear that [teacher’s name] almost hit [administrator’s name]?”
Me: “What? Hit? As in with a car?”
Student: “No with a pole.”
Me: “???”
Student: “During the lockdown drill, [administrator] came into our classroom and [teacher] thought it was an intruder so he almost hit her.”
It turns out, administration couldn’t get a hold of the teacher to inform him that the drill was over so an administrator was sent to communicate its conclusion. She had tried to yell through the door but got no response so she used a key to open the door much to the surprise of the teacher. (2/22/18)

Quote of the Day (instigator)

Student 1: “Instigator? What does that mean?”
Student 2: “It’s someone who starts things. You know, causes trouble.”
Student 1: “Oh, now it makes sense why my mom calls me that.” (2/22/18)

Quote of the Day (Voldemort)

Student: “What was the name of the Asian teacher that looks like you?”
Me: “Don’t!”
Student: “Argh! What was his name?
Me [to other smiling students around him]: “Don’t mention his name.”
Student: “...Voldemort!” (2/21/18)

Quote of the Day (DIY)

Student 1: “You could just DIY it. DIY? No, DYI. You know what I’m saying, right?”
Student 2: “DYI? Do Yourself It? I’m pretty sure you mean DIY.”
Student 1: “No, DYI. Do Your... Ish.” (2/16/18)

Quote of the Day (eating)

Student [during lunch]: “Mister, I can hear you eating.”
Me: “And?”
Student: “And...and I’m hungry.” (2/15/18)

Quote of the Day (mess)

Student 1 reads an alert about a school shooting in Florida.
Student 2: “Man, Florida is so messed up.”
Student 3: “Our whole country is messed up. This happens way too often.”
(2/14/18)

Quote of the Day (environment)

Student 1 [talking about registration]: "You should take Environmental Science."
Student 2 [pauses to think]: "Nah. I don't care about the environment." (2/13/18)

Quote of the Day (box)

Student 2 [after congratulating Student 1 as he entered the room]: “Mister, did you hear about what [Student 1’s name] did at lunch?”
I had already heard that Student 1 asked a girl to prom by hiding in a box on the stage in the cafeteria during lunch.
Student 3: “I have video of him coming out of the box with the flowers and balloons! Do you want to see it?”
Student 4: “[Student 1], you just raised the bar for how every girl wants to be asked to prom.”
Student 1 [several minutes later]: “Mister, it was really hot in the box; I’m feeling a little light-headed. Can I go to the health room?” (2/9/18)