Quote of the Day (junior)

Student [a high school junior]: “I still can’t believe that the seniors are done.”
Me: “I know. They’ve been gone for over a week now.”
Student: “Can you imagine us as seniors [next year]?”
Me: “Yes.”
Student [surprised]: “You can!? I can’t.” (5/29/19)

Quote of the Day (sad)

“I’m kinda sad today’s my last day of Calculus class.” - Comment from a high school student upon realizing this was his last day in class. He added, “I never thought I would use those words in the same sentence.” (5/28/19)

Quote of the Day (taking math)

“My counselor told me that I don’t need to take a math class next year, but I think I’ll take one anyway. I like math.” - Comment from a high school junior that made me smile today. (5/24/19)

Quote of the Day (empty)

“When I turn around and don’t see [student name] and [student name] sitting behind me, it makes this class feel so empty.” - Comment from a high school student regarding her two senior friends that are absent to practice for tonight’s graduation. (5/23/19)

Quote of the Day (2nd period)

“This is going to be our new Second Period until the end of school.” - Comment from one of three high school juniors entering my classroom after their teacher told them to find somewhere else to be after all the seniors left. (5/20/19)

Quote of the Day (friend)

Student 1: “Mister, could you help us on this...”
Student 2: “No! The instructions even said that we need to figure this out instead of asking the teacher.”
Student 1: “Mister, as a friend, could you help us?” (5/21/19)

Quote of the Day (seniors)

"It's so empty. I miss the seniors already." - Comment from a high school junior after entering his class that's normally filled with students by the time he arrives. (5/20/19)

Quote of the Day (stairs)

“ARGH! Yes! That’s the last time I’ll ever have to climb those stairs.” - Exclamation from a high school senior as she reached the third floor on her last day of classes. (5/17/19)

Quote of the Day (nightmare)

Student: "Oh! Mister Hwang, I had a nightmare about you."
Me: "Uh oh."
Student: "I dreamt that you posted my test on Instagram, but you forgot to blur out my name!"
Me: "Why would I do that?"
Student: "And I remembered I had something like five minus ten equals fifteen or something like that so you called me out on it."
Me: "Stop giving me ideas."
Student: "When I woke up, I had to check Instagram right away because it felt so real." (5/16/19)

Quote of the Day (yearbook)

Me [handing my yearbook to a student during lunch]: “Would you like to sign my yearbook?”
Student: “OK.”
A few seconds later, Student: “Hey guys! If you’re wondering who Mr. Hwang’s favorite student is, take a look at this.”
Me [glancing over to see what she was doing]: “???”
Student [continuing to record a video of what she wrote in my yearbook]: “That’s right! Look at that! I’m the first student to sign his yearbook!” (5/15/19)

Quote of the Day (AP Calculus)

“I thought I did well.” - Comment from a high school student after I asked him how he did on the AP Calculus test. I was pleased with his answer until he added, “...On the ones I knew how to do, but there were a lot of questions I had no clue how to do.” (5/14/19)

Quote of the Day (Daniel)

Student: “Did you ever teach [student name]?”
Me: “Yeah, why?”
Student: “He was at my house the other day, and he started talking about you.”
Me: “Uh oh. I hope it wasn’t anything bad.”
Student: “Oh, no. He said that you were a good teacher, but he kept calling you ‘Daniel’ so I had no idea who he was talking about.” (5/13/19)

Quote of the Day (clean)

"Whoa! Look at [student name]! That's like the cleanest I've ever seen him." - Comment from a student about his friend's picture in the yearbook. (5/10/19)

Quote of the Day (Danny)

“I’ll take that. That’s my Calculus teacher!” - Comment from a high school student who told me that he took an order for Danny Hwang yesterday at work. He thought, “Oh, does he go by ‘Danny’ outside of class?” and asked to deliver the order personally since he thought it was me; it wasn’t. (5/9/19)

Quote of the Day (parabolas)

Student 1 [looking out the window]: “Hey look! It’s your friend.”
Student 2: “Stop distracting me. I’m trying to do my work.”
Student 1: “No, I’m serious. It’s [friend’s name].”
Student 2: “I’m trying to do my parabolas, and you keep giving me ‘parabolams’.” (5/8/19)

Quote of the Day (mumps)

Student 1 [talking about a reported case of mumps at her former school]: “Wow! They’re so slow.”

Student 2: “Yeah, we sent out at least three letters [about mumps] last year.” (5/7/19)

Quote of the Day (snoring)

Student 1: “Mister, Student 2 has a funny story to tell you.”
Student 2: “So after I finished one of the sections of the (AP) test, I put my head down and accidentally fell asleep.”
Student 1: “Yeah, and he started snoring.”
Me: “Man, that must have been embarrassing.”
Student 1: “That’s not even the worst part.”
Student 2: “I snored so loud that it woke me up.” (5/6/19)

Quote of the Day (bee)

Student 1 [running away from where she was standing]: “AHHHHH! It’s a bee!”
Student 2: “Where!?”
Student 1: “Why did it have to land on my desk? Kill it!”
Student 2: “No, don’t kill it.”
Student 1: “But it’s on my desk! I don’t want it to bite me.”
Student 2: “So? Don’t kill it. Besides, bees don’t bite.”
Student 1: “Then can you get rid of it for me?”
Student 2 walks up to the desk with a piece of paper ready to shoo the bee then pauses.
Student 1: “C’mon! Get rid of it please.”
Student 2: “I can’t. I’m afraid it might bite me now.”
Student 3 rolls his eyes, takes off his shoe, calmly walks over, and smacks the bee. (5/3/19)

Quote of the Day (mints)

Me [sharing some mints with Student 1]: “The other one is for Student 2.”
Student 1: “OK. I’ll give it to her when she comes in.”
A few minutes later.
Me [to Student 1]: “Did you share with Student 2?”
Student 2: “Share what?”
Student 1: “No. She said she doesn’t like mints.”
Me [to Student 2]: “Is that true? I’m sorry. I’ll find something else for you.”
Student 1 [grinning]: “She said she doesn’t like mints...because she likes to have stink breath.”
Student 2: “What!? That’s not true! Gimme those mints.” (5/2/19)

Quote of the Day (pass)

Student 1 [enters classroom and hands me her pass]: “Sorry. I think they spelled your name wrong.”
Student 2 [turns to me with a mischievous smile]: “How did they spell it? L-A-U?” (5/1/19)