Quote of the Day (gummy bears 3)

"Look Mister! I got my gummy bears!" - Delighted comment from the high school student who experienced an emotional roller coaster due to the bear-shaped treats over the past few school days. I was surprised to find the last few gummy bears waiting for me on my desk after class. (8/31/15)

Quote of the Day (gummy bears 2)

"They never gave me my gummy bears! When I went up to ask for my candy, the lady replied, 'Oh, I don't have it. Come back tomorrow.' WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW! I ate all that disgusting stuff for nothing!" - Comment from the high school student who bragged about winning a pack of gummy bears by eating a handful of them that were covered in ketchup, tartar sauce and ranch dressing yesterday. (8/28/15)

Quote of the Day (gummy bears)

"Hey Mister! I won a pack of gummy bears at lunch today!" - Exclamation from a high school student at the beginning of class. When I asked how she won, she replied, "I just had to eat some gummy bears covered in ketchup, tartar sauce, and ranch dressing." (8/27/15)

Quote of the Day (stalking)

"I was stalking your youtube page last night." - Comment from a former student a day after I showed him one of my videos of a hike he had completed over the weekend. (8/26/15)

Quote of the Day (rain)

"Mister, how much does it have to rain before they cancel school?" - Question from a high school student after muggy conditions turned into a heavy downpour right before lunch. (8/25/15)

Quote of the Day (rain dance)

"Aw, dancing in the rain is fun." - Comment from a disappointed high school student after it was announced that the school dance would be canceled because of a flash flood warning. (8/20/15)

Quote of the Day (F)

"Don't worry, even if I was failing this class I would still come every day..." - Comment from a high school student as she was leaving class after a particularly difficult lesson that she was struggling with. Before I could respond with a word of encouragement or gratitude for her positivity, she added, "Just to irritate you." (8/19/15)

Quote of the Day (brother)

"Mister, you remind me of my brother." - Comment from a high school student after she accidentally called me by her brother's name. (8/18/15)

Quote of the Day (harmless)

"Mister, why did they shut down the whole school just because of a homeless man wandering around on campus?" - Question from a high school senior as we began the next class after an intruder was spotted on campus and prompted a school-wide lockdown. As the lockdown ended, it was announced that the intruder had left campus and was deemed "harmless". (8/14/15)

Quote of the Day (starve)

A conversation in the middle of a prolonged lockdown emergency where we had to sit in our classroom with all the doors and windows closed. Student 1: "Mister, when are they going to let us out? We might starve." Student 2 (one of the smallest girls in the class): "I wouldn't go hungry. I'd eat all of you!" (8/14/15)

Quote of the Day (Christmas songs)

"Mister, I have Christmas songs stuck in my head." - Random comment from a high school student right before class was about to start. (8/11/15)

Quote of the Day (SOH CAH TOA)

"WHAT!? That's what it stands for? I never knew that. That's so cool. Who invented that? I would give them a high five." - Comment from a high school student who finally (after two years) realized that SOH from the ubiquitous mnemonic device, SOH CAH TOA, means the Sine of an angle is equal to its Opposite side over its Hypotenuse and so on. (8/11/15)

Quote of the Day (statistics)

"I'm going to write a petition to make you teach AP Statistics." - Threat from a high school student after he found out I'm not teaching AP Stats this year and probably won't next year (when he wants to take it). (8/11/15)

Quote of the Day (adjacent)

"It helps me remember it, OK!?" - Defensive comment from a high school student after I asked her if she was really calling the adjacent side of a triangle the "adjective side". (8/10/15)

Quote of the Day (corrections)

"We can't correct or retake the test we just took, right?" - Question from a high school student regarding a pretest that I administered earlier in the week. When I explained to him that it won't do any good since I just needed the scores for data on proper student placement and that it didn't affect his grade, he replied, "I know. It's just that my younger brother took the same test and got a higher score than me." (8/7/15)

Quote of the Day (day)

"Wait!? What day is it? I'm so confused." - Confession from a high school student after she saw that I had written today was Thursday on the board. (8/6/15)

Quote of the Day (telling)

"Mister! Tell her how smart I am." - Demand from a high school student that I accidentally ran into at the local store. She wanted her grandma to know how good she is in my class. I replied, "I don't want to lie to your grandma." (8/5/15)

Quote of the Day (judge)

"Mister, don't judge me." - Request from a high school student as she turned in her pre-test...after three days of class where she chose not to ask any questions or get any help. (8/4/15)

Quote of the Day (math)

"Is that math or science?" - Question asked by a high school student after my student asked if he had Trigonometry as well. (8/3/15)

Quote of the Day (over)

"For a second I thought that you would literally go over it." - Comment from a disappointed student after I accidentally dropped the school's rules & procedures that we were going to go over during class today. (7/31/15)