Quote of the Day (Disney)

"Argh! Kids these days; they're so dumb! I blame the Disney Channel." - A high school senior's rant after she caught some students using spoiled milk to foul up the hallway. (11/27/13)

Quote of the Day (truth)

"What!? Mister, no! Tell him that's not true!" - An intermediate student who had constantly rubbed his higher grade in his friend's face upon learning that they now had the same grade in the class. (11/26/13)

Quote of the Day (Thanksgiving)

"I keep forgetting your family is not from China." - A high school student's reason for her surprised reaction to my telling her that I'm going to be spending Thanksgiving with my family. (11/25/13)

Quote of the Day (career)

"I like to teach little kids, but I don't like to teach people." - Comment from a high school student as we discussed her future career plans before our school's College and Career Day started. (11/22/13)

Quote of the Day (tall buildings)

"He's Asian; Asians like tall buildings." - A high school student's response after her peer, struggling for breath, asked why my classroom was on the third floor. (11/21/13)

Quote of the Day (unprepared)

"*sigh* This class is so unprepared." - Complaint from a high school student who asked nearly everyone in the room if they had any pencil lead they could spare for her and was denied every time. (11/18/13)

Quote of the Day (slowly)

"Slowly but slowly." - A high school student's description of his progress in his math class. (11/19/13)

Quote of the Day (strep)

"I was at home because I didn't want to give anyone stretch throat." - Malapropism from a high school student explaining where he was for the past few days. (11/18/13)

Quote of the Day (birthday)

"Mister, you should give me something for my birthday." - (Playful) demand from a high school student during one of the class breaks. (11/15/13)

Quote of the Day (hiccup)

"It sounded like a pterodactyl." - A high school student's description of her friend's strange sounding hiccup. (11/14/13)

Quote of the Day (denial)

"I don't want to see it." - Comment from a high school student as I was about to hand him his progress report. (11/13/13)

Quote of the Day (brain)

"Yeah! You have a brain!" - Comment from a high school student after his friend got a question correct. (11/12/13)

Quote of the Day (kendama)

"I know. I'm just trying to make it stickier." - Response from an intermediate student after I mentioned how disgusting it was that I saw him licking his kendama toy during class. (11/8/13)

Quote of the Day (mini class)

"Whoa! It looks like you have your own mini class!" - Comment of surprise from a student who came in after school for some assistance and noticed the 7 other students with the same idea who were already gathered near my desk. (11/7/13)

Quote of the Day (WWMHD)

"I found myself asking 'What would Mister Hwang do?'." - Confession from a former student after I asked him how he did on his math test earlier in the day. (11/6/13)

Quote of the Day (chivalry)

"Oh that? It died last year." - A high school student's response after I asked him what happened to chivalry as he had just refused to help his female friend. (11/5/13)

Quote of the Day (stooges)

"They're like the Three Stooges." - Complaint from a high school student about a loud trio of his peers that constantly distract him from his work. (11/4/13)

Quote of the Day (missing)

"Hi Mister! You're back! We missed you." - Friendly greeting from a high school student as he entered the classroom after my absence the previous day. Unfortunately he continued, "The sub we had was mean; she made us do so much work." (11/1/13)

Quote of the Day (direction)

"Uh oh." - Comment from a student who was heading to class and saw me walking away from our room to go to a workshop.  (10/30/13)

Quote of the Day (photo)

"Mister, do you want me to fail?" - Question from a high school student after I denied his request to take a picture of me during class for the yearbook. (10/28/13)