Quote of the Day (facebook)

"Mister, I thought you were too cool for facebook." - Comment from a high school student after I asked why she was so stunned to find out I had a facebook account. (12/19/13)

Quote of the Day (dollar)

"I'll give you a dollar for that." - Offer from a high school student eyeing my lunch that I paid over a dollar for. (12/12/13)

Quote of the Day (crumpled)

"Mister, do you like reading crumpled up papers?" - Question from a high school student who was just about to crumple up his homework before submitting it. (12/17/13)

Quote of the Day (spelling)

"Did you know that 'Dallas' spelled backwards is 'salad'?" - Overheard from a conversation in my class right before lunch. (12/19/13)

Quote of the Day (scroll)

"The questions were at the end? No wonder I couldn't find them; that's too far to scroll down." - Excuse from a high school student on why she never turned in her homework even though I typed up my notes along with the homework problems then sent them to her via email. (12/17/13)

Quote of the Day (Batman)

"You sound like Batman." - A high school student's comment after I apologized for my voice turning into a growl from my nagging cold. (12/17/13)

Quote of the Day (magic)

"What is that? Some kind of [magic] spell or something?"  - A student's question to her classmate who was practicing his Japanese presentation in my class during recess. (12/16/13)

Quote of the Day (annoyed)

"Mister never gets annoyed with me, right Mister?" - Interruption from a bragging student to her peer as I was helping their classmate. (12/13/13)

Quote of the Day (ice cream)

"Mister, you know how you emailed my mom about my test score right?" - Start of a side conversation at the end of class from a normally quiet student who had just scored the highest percent out of all my students the previous day. She continued with a big smile on her face, "Well, she went out and got me my favorite ice cream last night." (12/12/13)

Quote of the Day (teaching)

"No offense to math teachers, but I could never do what you do even though all my friends say that I should become a math teacher." - Curious statement from a former student as I helped her with her assignment. When I asked her why she answered, "I know I'm good at math, but I just can't stand students. They drive me crazy." (12/11/13)

Quote of the Day (connection)

"I don't know why I'm doing so bad in the class. I know what I'm doing; I just don't do all the work." - Confession from a former student about her struggles in her current math class. When I scoffed at the absurdity of her statement, she added, "I just wish the homework would, you know, do itself." (12/10/13)

Quote of the Day (spy)

"Mister, did you choose this class so you can spy on people?" - Question from an intermediate student regarding why my classroom is on the third floor. (12/9/13)

Quote of the Day (food)

"I have no food; I can't do math today." - Excuse from a hungry high school student. (12/5/13)

Quote of the Day (torque)

"I'm sorry, Mister, but did you just say 'twerk'?" - Question from an eavesdropping student as I helped her friend solve a problem involving torque and vectors. (12/5/13)

Quote of the Day (rap)

"I like the old stuff. The new stuff is just...just degrading to women." - A female high school student's view on rap music. This came from a side conversation that started in class after I regrettably paused to think after beginning a statement with, "If you don't know..." (12/4/13)

Quote of the Day (cold)

"Yeah, it was cold as hell." - A high school student's explanation of what his trip to San Diego was like. (12/2/13)

Quote of the Day (ritual)

"I dunno. It sounds like it's some kind of ritual...with chickens." - A high school student's explanation of what he thought the word "hiatus" meant. Another student later said that it "sounds like Japanese or German." (12/2/13)

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)