Quote of the Day (hurts)

“Ow! This actually kind of hurts.” - Exclamation from a high school student in the middle of class. When I turned to see what she had done to cause the pain, I saw her continuing to tap her forehead with the end of her pencil. (10/19/18)

Quote of the Day (fired)

Student: “Do you know if [teacher name] got fired?”
Me: “No. Why do you think I would know that?”
Student: “I don’t know. I thought that they’re a teacher and you’re a teacher so you would just know that kind of stuff.” (10/16/18)

Quote of the Day (people)

Student: “Mister, do you like people?”
Me [confused where this was coming from]: “Some people.”
Student: “You’re right. Not all people are bad, but there are a lot of irritating ones.” (10/16/18)

Quote of the Day (dog)

“It’s like his eyelids were too small so his eyes looked like they were always going to pop out.” - A student’s description of the dog his family had while growing up in a different country. His story took a sad twist when he continued, “And then one day he was gone. We think the neighbors stole him and ate him.” (10/15/18)

Quote of the Day (confidential)

Student 1: “Yes! [Teacher name] is letting me finish my work over Fall Break.”
Student 2: “Not! I don’t believe you.”
Student 1 [holding up his computer]: “Look! It says it right here in the email. ‘Keeping this between you and me [rest of the message].’” (10/5/18)

Quote of the Day (breathing)

“You could just stop breathing.” - Comment from a conversation between two friends that caught me off guard. When they saw the stunned look on my face, they bursted into laughter and explained that the student who was sick was concerned about spreading her germs to her friend when the aforementioned suggestion was offered. (10/4/18)

Quote of the Day (dream)

Student [entering the class]: “Mister! You were in my dream last night?”
Me: “Uh oh. What was I doing?”
Student: “You were telling me what to do. ‘Do this!’ ‘Don’t do that!’”
Me [relieved]: “Did I have my voice back? What did I sound like?”
Student: “You sounded like my parents.” (10/2/18)

Quote of the Day (tan)

Student 1: “I’m part white. Don’t I look white to you?”
Student 2: “No, you look tan.” (10/1/18)

Quote of the Day (Hot in Herre)

“♪ It’s getting hot in here, so turn on all your fans. ♫”  - Short tune sung by a high school student on a particularly muggy/hot morning. (9/28/18)

Quote of the Day (happy)

Student: “Mister, do you have [friend’s name]?”
Me: “Yes. How did you know?”
Student: “Because she came into practice and grabbed my arm just to tell me that she scored 100% on your test.” (9/27/18)

Quote of the Day (stairs)

Student 1 [entering the classroom]: “Ugh. I can never get used to those stairs.”
Me: “That’s because I added a few more this morning.”
Student 1: “Ha ha ha [courtesy laugh]. That’s so dumb.”
A few minutes later Student 2 enters the classroom breathing heavily. “I hate those stairs.”
Student 1: “Mister said he added a few more this morning.”
Student 2 [glaring at me]: “Mister! Why would you do that?” (9/26/18)

Quote of the Day (goldfish)

Student [between bites]: “Hi Mister. Would you like some goldfish?”
Me: “No tha...”
Student [pulling the bag away from me]: “That’s OK. They’re kinda stale anyway.” (9/25/18)

Quote of the Day (fired)

Student [entering class]: “Mister! Is there anything I can do to get a teacher fired?”
Me: “Why would I help you to get me fired?”
Student: “No, not you. Just a teacher who is not doing their job.” (9/24/18)

Quote of the Day (vinegar)

Student 1 [eating salt and vinegar chips]: “Oh man, these are so good.”
Student 2 [who offered to share her horse meat yesterday]: “Ew! Those are so gross.”
Student 1: “What!? So you’ll eat horse, but you won’t eat salt and vinegar chips!?” (9/21/18)

Quote of the Day (horse)

Student 1 [holding a plate]: “Mister, do you want some horse?”
Student 2: “What!? Is that really horse?”
[after a lengthy conversation and a short poll revealing how many people would actually eat horse]
Student 2: “You’re all serial killers! I never would’ve thought I’d lose so many friends over this.” (9/20/18)

Quote of the Day (headphone jack)

Student 1 [flipping his calculator around]: “Mister, where’s the headphone jack on this thing? I could’ve sworn there was a headphone jack.”
Student 2: “Why? So you can listen to your math?” (9/19/18)

Quote of the Day (vlog)

Student 1 [after finding out about my YouTube channel]: “Mister! Do you have a vlog?”
Me: “No. I can’t talk, and I don’t like being in front of a camera.”
Student 2: “You should do a vlog!”
Student 1: “Yeah, I would totally watch your vlog.” (9/18/18)

Quote of the Day (niele)

Student 1 [after hearing me speak of the Hawaiian word “niele”]: “Mister, what does that even mean?”
Me: “It means to be nosy.”
Student 1: “Aw c’mon, don’t be like that.”
Me [confused]: “What do you mean?”
Student 1: “C’mon, just tell me what it means.”
Me [even more confused]: “I said it means to be nosy.”
Student 2: “Mister is not joking with you right now. It really means what he said.” (9/17/18)

Quote of the Day (help)

Student [pouting]: “Mister, I need help.”
Me [thinking Student came in early for help on her upcoming exam]: “Sure. What do you need?”
Student: “I just got asked to homecoming, but I don’t want to be mean and say ‘no’.” (9/14/18)

Quote of the Day (Kahuku Lake)

“Oh, the famous Kahuku Lake has returned.” - Comment from a high school student after heavy rains flooded the nearby track. (9/13/18)