Quote of the Day (denial)

“Mister! You’re denying me my education.” - Overdramatic exclamation from a student after I refused to answer her question that would have been answered if she had just read the instructions. (9/5/19)

Quote of the Day (aunty)

Student: “Hey Mister! I became an aunty last night.”
Me: “Congratulations. Is it a nephew or a niece?”
Student: “Um...a nephew. At least we think it is.”
Me: “???”
Student [showing me a picture of a fish in an aquarium]: “Well, it’s blue so we think it’s a boy.” (9/4/19)

Quote of the Day (easy)

Student 1: “This is kind of easy.”
Me: “What did you say?”
Student 1: “I think Trig is kinda easy.”
Student 2 [stunned]: “Mister, you should write that down on the board so she’ll never forget saying that.” (9/3/19)

Quote of the Day (bothered)

Student: “I asked Mr. Lau if he’s ever bothered when students call him Mr. Hwang.”
Me: “And? What did he say?”
Student: “He said, ‘No. That’s a Mr. Hwang thing.’” (8/30/19)

Quote of the Day (bridge)

Me: “If you’re an engineer building a bridge, you don’t want to make any [math] mistakes.”
Student 1: “Wait! How do you use math to build a bridge?”
Student 2 [stunned]: “Whoa! How can you be so stupid!? Mister, you should write that one down.” (8/29/19)

Quote of the Day (leave)

“Mister? Do you never leave your classroom because you don’t like climbing those stairs?” - Question from a student after he had just entered my class on the third floor. (8/28/19)

Quote of the Day (Asian)

Student 1: “I don’t get how people get you and Mr. Lau mixed up.”
Student 2: “Don’t they look alike though?”
Student 1: “No. Not even close.”
Student 3: “Yeah, Mister Hwang doesn’t even look like Mr. Lau.”
Me: “Thank you.”
Student 3: “He looks more like [Asian student’s name]!”
Student 2: “Oh yeah! He does!” (8/27/19)

Quote of the Day (facebook)

“OK, maybe I’ll just find you on Facebook...especially if I need some help with a math class.” - Comment from a former student I ran into at the supermarket. (8/26/19)

Quote of the Day (moral)

Student 1 [on his first day back after an absence]: “Ugh! I feel so lost.”
Student 2: “Well, moral of the story: don’t miss class.” (8/23/19)

Quote of the Day (sweat 2)

Student 1 [entering class]: “Ugh, I’m dripping with sweat, and I haven’t even done anything.”

Student 2: “You live in Hawaii.”

Student 3: “Yeah, you can just wake up and be sweating.” (8/22/19)

Quote of the Day (sweat)

Male Student: “Ew, you’re all sweaty.”
Female student: “It’s not sweat! I just got caught in the rain!” (8/22/19)

Quote of the Day (last year)

Student 1 [as we’re reviewing]: “Oh yeah, I remember this.”
Student 2: “Didn’t we do this last year?”
Student 1: “Yeah, we did this in [teacher’s name]’s class.”
Student 3: “How do you guys remember all this? I don’t remember last year at all.” (8/20/19)

Quote of the Day (rounding)

“Mister, do you get that question a lot?” - Question from a high school student after I mentioned that several students asked me to round their grades up at the end of the last school year. (8/19/19)

Quote of the Day (five)

“Ugh! I keep writing my dates with a five. My mind is still stuck in May.” - Comment from a high school student that was trying to write today’s date in August. (8/14/19)

Quote of the Day (disclaimer)

“Not gonna lie, I kinda miss having this class.” - Comment from a former student who dropped in for a visit during lunch. (8/13/19)

Quote of the Day (fever)

Student 1: “Mister, do you think I could go to the health room?”
Me: “Sure. Are you feeling OK?”
Student 1: “...No, I think I have a fever.”
Student 2: “WOW! Thanks for shaking my hand just now!” (8/12/19)

Quote of the Day (intimidation)

Student: “Oh, you have [student name] in your next class? Her face scares me.”
Me: “What!? That’s not very ni...”
Student: “I mean, like, ‘intimidate’. She’s so pretty, I can only talk to her for less than a few minutes.” (8/9/19)

Quote of the Day (cleaning)

“Look Mister! I cleaned out my bag.” - Exclamation from a high school student pointing out a messy stack of papers from the last school year that he had pulled out of his backpack. (8/8/19)

Quote of the Day (bottle)

Student [on the last day of class]: “BYE MISTER! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!”
Student returns 10 minutes later.
Me: “I thought you were happy to be out of here?”
Student: “I forgot my water bottle. I thought, ‘Oh, I can just pick it up tomorrow.’, but then...[shrugs]” (5/31/19)

Quote of the Day (bug)

“Bye Mister Hwang!” - Parting greeting on the last day of class from a high school junior that isn’t taking a math class from me next year. She continued just outside the door, “I’ll come back and bug you next year.” (5/30/19)