Quote of the Day

"Thanks for your help." - Four words from a student that made my day. (8/31/11)

Quote of the Day (w/ photo)

"I could keep this file, but I'll give it to you because your desk is so neat and you're so organized." - A coworker who obviously must have a messier desk than me. Either that or she REALLY didn't want to keep that file she gave me. (8/30/11)

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"Oh yeah! I get extra credit!" - Exclamation from a student just because she said "Hi" to me as I passed by her on campus. (8/29/11)

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"B-I-Z-Y" - An intermediate student's confession after I found out he was laughing about his misspelling of the word "busy" on an English assignment. (8/25/11)

Quote of the Day (w/ photo)

"Whoa! Did you get a new phone?" - An intermediate student's reaction after seeing the graphing calculator that I use for my high school Algebra 2 class. (8/23/11)

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"You're still in produce?" - Surprised comment from a friend who entered the supermarket at the same time as me and was wrapping up her shopping just as I was inching away from an impromptu parent teacher conference next to the vegetables. (8/24/11)

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"Okay. You pass." - Praise from a student after she quizzed me on her name in the second week of school. (8/11/11)

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"Can you write me a pass so I can finish one more problem?" - A student's request near the end of class since he was so intent on completing his work. Request denied! Have to always leave them wanting more. (8/22/11)

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"Mister, how come you drive a girly car?" - A former student's greeting as she walked through my classroom door. When I asked why she considered it a "girly car", she said it was because it was clean and shiny. (8/10/11)

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"I've worked here for how many years now and I still don't know what our bell schedule is." - A coworker's confession after I asked her why some students were being released from an assembly 10 minutes early. (8/17/11)

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"It's not simple to me; you just saved me so much time." - Words from a coworker after I rejected his offer to buy me lunch for helping him set up his grade book. (8/16/11)

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"Mister, did anybody turn in a missing book to you?" - Not exactly the first thing you want to hear from a student just one school day after checking out textbooks. (8/15/11)

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"'Where's your evidence?' Did you use that as your Quote of the Day yet?" - Harassment from a coworker urging me to use her tale of woe as an entry in my (infamous) blog. (8/12/11)

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"She was worse than my students" - A friend's description of a former coworker, who seemed to be more focused on her phone than her job. (8/10/11)

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"It's OK. She's had kids." - A coworker's rationalization after a friend apologized for making a potentially off-color comment in front of a female coworker.

(8/10/11)

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"[He] left for the Dark Side. You all know what the Dark Side is right?... (silence)... MATH!" - An administrator's unappreciated attempt at humor while trying to explain why a teacher wasn't at today's meeting. (8/9/11)

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"Mister. Can I see your calves?" - Random question from a 7th grader in the middle of class. He just wanted to compare calf size. (8/8/11)

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"You don't sound anything like Pauly D." - A 7th grader's random comment to my co-teacher that she thinks looks like the Jersey Shore star(?). (8/5/11)

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"I'm gonna come by your classroom and pick up some paper." - A coworker's abrupt request(?) to a colleague after it was publicly made known that he never ordered any paper for the year . (8/3/11)

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"I read your Quote of the Day everyday and keep hoping the next one will be from me!" - An enthusiastic reader's request for a shout out. (8/2/11)