Quote of the Day

"I don't think her phone is broken; she probably just can't hear you." -- My cousin's sad but probably true reasoning why his 80+ year old mom never understood me when I tried to call her (four times in the last two days) (12/23/10)

Quote of the Day

"I do it because I can." -- My neighbor's recollection of what grandma told him when he asked her why she was out working in her yard from the crack of dawn. (11/18/10)

Quote of the Night

"Is it really your birthday?" -- A Christmas caroler's question after they caught me off guard by asking me what song I wanted them to sing, and the first song that popped into my head was "Happy Birthday" (12/21/10)

Quote of the Day

"Lucky for you I had leftovers." -- Not exactly the nicest way for a student to say she made some cake for me, but I'll take it. (12/15/10)

Quote of the Day

"Quiet you guys! Does it look like mister wants to stay late today?" -- Helpful plea from a student to his peers when the threat of being kept after school became apparent from my frustration with their incessant chattering. (12/14/10)

Quote of the Day

"Nuh-uh, it was on the 17th." -- Response from one of my students when I tried to get confirmation that December 7th was Pearl Harbor Day. (12/7/10)

Quote of the Day

"ASB? What does that stand for, 'As Soon as Bossible?'" -- Punchline to one of my friend's favorite stories. (12/10/10)

Quote of the Day

"Mister, can you give me a ride to my next class?" -- One student's question as a downpour started anew right as class ended. (12/9/10)

Quote of the Day

"Ew! Miss has kids?" -- A student's reaction after she witnessed one of her teachers getting out of the car with her children in the morning. (12/8/10)

Quote of the Day

"So you're admitting that you had more than a few screws loose?" -- A friend's groan inducing pun after we listened to a coworker tell us of some of her students who tampered with the screws on the desks to make them collapse. (12/8/10)

Question of the Day

"So you're not going home to see your parents during Christmas?" -- My neighbors somewhat condescending question about my lack of desire to leave Hawaii to go to Utah in the dead of winter. (10/31/10)

Exclamation of the Day

"Aw! The pig laid eggs!" -- My 7th grade student's excited response to seeing a picture of a sow and her piglets. (12/6/10)

Quote of the Day

"I'm half animal." -- A 7th grader's answer after I asked her why she was making loud barking sounds out the window at the stray dog that had wandered onto campus. (12/3/10)

Greeting of the Day

"Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?" -- Silly greeting from a coworker who stopped in the middle of the parking lot and rolled down his window to ask me this. (11/23/10)

Offer of the Day

"Do you want to teach summer school?" -- Question from the principal that was quickly declined. (12/1/10)

Quote of the Day

"Beat it!" -- A student's response when I offered to help him with his work. (11/30/10)

Quote of the Day

"She said, 'I owe you $80; I guess that's close enough.'" -- An eighth grader boasting about how her mom was going to get her an iPhone after school today. (11/29/10)

Quote of the Day

"No. I don't get paid till the end of the month." -- My relative's disappointed reply after I asked her if she was going to wake up early to participate in Black Friday like she did last year. When I asked her boyfriend the same question later, he merely beamed as he shook his head. (11/25/10)

Quote of the Day

"Ew! This smells like butt. Here, smell it." -- A friend's comment after she bit into a piece of broccoli that had a hidden rotten spot. (11/19/10)

Question of the Day

"Is this how you spell erase?" -- From a student who doodled on my board and implored (in writing) "DO NOT EARSE! (sic)" *sigh* (11/22/10)