Quote of the Day (kisser)

Student 1: “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What are you doing?”
Student 2: “I’m just emailing [teacher name] about our test.”
Student 1: “Hey, we’ve got a cheater over here. CHEATER!”
Student 2: “I’m not cheating. I’m just thanking her for her help.”
Student 1: “Hey, we’ve got a kisser butter over here. KISSER BUTTER!” (11/21/19)

Quote of the Day (survey)

Me: "When you fill out the survey, please be honest. I take my feedback very seriously and always try to find ways to improve."
Student [winking]: "Don't worry Mr. Hwang. I'm just going to put nice things about you."
Student [5 minutes later]: "' If you came back to visit class three years from now, would your teacher would be excited to see you?' WHAT!? What kind of question is that? How would I know?" (11/20/19)

Quote of the Day (distraction)

Student 1 [hearing a bunch of loud students after school as he was trying to focus on his late work]: "Can't they just shut up? Don't they have anything better to do?"

Student 1 [30 minutes earlier in class while everyone was focusing on finishing their work]: "♪ Baby, I'm so into you // Darling, if you only knew // All the things that flow through my mind // But it's just a sweet, sweet ♫...ahem. Man, I can't sing that high." (11/18/19)

Quote of the Day (out loud)

Student [at the beginning of class]: "I shaved my legs last night!"
Me: "Why are you telling me this? I don't need to know that."
Student: "Mister, sometimes I just think out loud. You know like this one time, I was in my room by myself..."
Me: "Wait. Are you talking to me or are you thinking out loud right now?"
Student 1: "I'm talking to you. So anyway, I was in my room by myself , and I said, 'I'm really tired.' My mom heard me and asked, 'Who's there in your room?'"

About 15 minutes later in the middle of a quiet class:
Student: "Ho! My legs are so itchy!" (11/15/19)

Quote of the Day (power)

Just a few quotes from students during a brief (?) power outage.

“Mister, are we just going to sit around and wait for them to cancel school?”

Student: “Mister, how are we going to learn if there’s no power?”
Me: “Don’t worry, I’ll write stuff up on the board.”
Student: “Oh you mean like they did in the Stone Age?”

Student: “Mister, I head you had a funny video you showed to your other class.”
Me: “Who told you that?”
Student: “[student name]. Can you play it for us?”
Me [pointing to the projector with no power]: “With what?”
Student: “With the projector.”
I continue to point to the powerless projector.
Student: “What? I don’t get it.”
Still pointing to the powerless projector.
Student: “Oh! I forgot that the power was out. Then why is it so bright in here?”
I turn to point to the open windows.
Student: “Oh. I thought the lights were on.” (11/14/19)

Quote of the Day (bench)

Student 1 offers food to her teammate, Student 2.
Student 2: “Thanks, but I better not eat that before practice today.”
Student 3 [also a teammate]: “What is that? I can have it. I’m not starting so I can eat whatever I want.” (11/13/19)

Quote of the Day (cute)

Female student [enters class and poses]: "What's up Mister? You like my outfit? I look cute today, huh?"
Male student [enters just seconds later wearing the exact same outfit]: "Oh hey [student name], we're matching!"
Female student: "Shut up!" (11/12/19)

Quote of the Day (tide 2)

Student [starts laughing]: "I just got it."
Me: "Got what?"
Student: "You know how I asked you about what kind of tides the problem was talking about [yesterday]?"
Me: "Yeah."
Student: "And you know how you said, 'Laundry detergent'?"
Me: "Yes."
Student: "Well, I just got what you meant."
Me: "Wait. You didn't understand what I was talking about yesterday, but you got it just now?"
Student: "Yeah. I thought when you said 'laundry detergent' that you were just being random." (11/8/19)

Quote of the Day (tides)

Me: “Read the question. Don’t think about it like a math problem.”
Students read the question.
Me: “OK, so what is the general idea with the problem?”
Student 1: “Tides.”
Student 2: “And the times that it was high or low.”
Student 3: “What kind of tides are they talking about?”
Me: “What do you mean? What other kinds of tides could there be near the coast?”
Student 3: “How do you know there’s a coast? The problem is talking about Canada.” (11/7/19)

Quote of the Day (anger)

Student 1 [looking at his test score]: “I’m really mad!”
Me: “What? Why? Did you get a bad score?”
Student 1: “No. I got a [whispers] 78%.”
Me: “Then why are you so angry?”
Student 1: “Because! I pay attention in class, right? I turn in all my work, right?”
Me: “Yes.”
Student 1 [pointing to his friend]: “Well, Student 2 doesn’t do anything, but he always gets a higher score than me.” (11/6/19)

Quote of the Day (hello)

“Helloooo grade check.” - Comment from a high school football player as he was turning in his test. (11/5/19)

Quote of the Day (meeting)

Student 1 [two days after missing class on 10/22]: “Mister, can I stay after class to get help on what I missed?”
Me: “Yeah, sure.”
Student 1 [after class]: “You know what? Let me try it on my own and come back tomorrow if I need help.”

Student 1 [three days after she missed class]: “Mister, can I stay after to get help?”
Me [reluctantly because it was a Friday]: “Sure.”
Student 1 [after class]: “I’m really not feeling it today. Can I just ask for help during lunch next week?”

Student 1 [one full week later and one day before the exam]: “Mister, are you going to be here after school?”
Me: “No. I told you last week that I have a meeting today.”
Student 1: “WHAT!? You’re never available after school!” (11/4/19)

Quote of the Day (attention)

Student 1: “Mister!”
I have my back to Student 1 because I’m talking with Student 2.
Student 1 [louder]: “Hey Mister!”
Still ignoring Student 1 because I’m talking with Student 2.
Student 1 [louder]: “Mister!”
This repeats/escalates three more times.
Me [to Student 1]: “Why are you yelling?”
Student 1: “Because it looked like you couldn’t hear me.”
Student 2 [mockingly yelling at Student 1’s volume]: “CAN’T YOU SEE THAT HE DIDN’T ANSWER YOU BECAUSE HE WAS TALKING TO ME!?” (10/31/19)

Quote of the Day (staples)

Me [holding a box of staples]: “This has lasted me a while because a box has 5000 staples.”
Student: “Where did you get that box of staples?”
Me [shrugging]: “I don’t know. We have a list that we...”
Student [smiling]: “Did you get it at...Staples?” (10/30/19)

Quote of the Day (name)

Student 1: “Mister, what’s your first name?”
Me: “Does it really matter right now?”
Student 1: “No, but I...”
Student 2: “Duh, his first name is Mister.” (10/29/19)

Quote of the Day (Halloween)

“Hey Mister! I heard that [student name] is going to dress up as you for Halloween.”  - Spoiler from a  former student who burst into my room at lunch. (10/28/19)

Quote of the Day (sleepy)

Student 1 [earlier in the week]: “Mister, did you know that Student 2 always says, ‘Time for my nap in Mr. Hwang’s class.’?”
Me [shrugging]: “Have you ever asked him what his grade is?”
Student 1: “I know. I bet he’s not doing very well.”

Student 2 [at the end of the class]: “Mister, this is like the most I’ve understood in a long time.”
Me: “Could it be because you were awake today?”
Student 2: “True. I slept a lot in this class this week.” (10/25/19)

Quote of the Day (sugar)

Me [trying to give away my last cookie]: “Hey Student, are you still doing your no sugar diet?”
Student: “I started yesterday.”
Me: “Oh, how are you doing?”
Student: “Well, my mom bought some chocolate yesterday. So I had to start over.” (10/24/19)

Quote of the Day (meetings)

“Mister, do you like meetings?” - Question from a high school student as I was quickly leaving my classroom to go to a meeting after school. (10/23/19)

Quote of the Day (hi)

Student 1 [entering 5th period]: “Mister, Student 2 [from 7th period] says hi.”
Me: “Um...OK.”
Student 1 [recognizing my confusion]: “Right? Do you know why she would say something like that?”
Me: “She thinks that I get irritated with her and that it’s funny. To be clear, I don’t get irritated with her.”
Student 1: “Well...she is kinda irritating though.” (10/21/19)