Quote of the Day (final)

Student: "Ugh. I don't want to start the Final yet since I won't have time to finish it."

Me: "So what are you going to do with this time instead?"

Student: "I don't know maybe just show you these memes that my friend sent me this morning. Do you want to see them? Argh! But I have so much stuff to do; it's causing me so much stress."

Me: "Instead of stressing over the Final, why don't you open it and see how many questions are on there and how many you already know how to do."

Student [opens the Final]: "Oh, I already know how to do that one [student answers the problem]...and that one [student answers the problem]...Wait! Are you tricking me into starting the Final!?" (5/11/21)

Quote of the Day (special)

 "Mister, I've been saying this to everyone so you're not that special. Happy Teacher Appreciation Day." - Greeting from a high school student before class started." (5/4/21)

Quote of the Day (tan)

 Student 1 [to Student 2]: "My goal this summer is to get buff."

Student 2: "You also need to get a tan. Look! Even Mister is darker than you." (4/26/21)

Quote of the Day (backgrounds)

 "Why do teachers do that? It looks so dumb." - Question from a high school junior as we were talking about the different virtual backgrounds that people use during their online classes. (4/23/21)

Quote of the Day (bee)

 "I was about to say to [student name] that I liked her pin, but then I saw it move." - Recap from a student explaining how he saw a bee that was on his classmate. The classmate added, "Thanks for letting me know. I'm allergic to bees." (4/22/21)

Quote of the Day (learning)

"In a way even though I'm not in school as much, struggling through all of this helped me learn things like time management." - Confession from a high school senior who was still willing to push forward despite failing my class in the first semester. (4/19/21)

Quote of the Day (moving)

 "Mister, did you ever think about moving your class to the first floor?" -- Question from a high school junior after climbing all the way up to the third floor for class. Even though she's only been (physically) coming to my class for a few weeks, it's already a running joke since her older sister (my former student) would make the same complaints every day. (4/16/21)

Quote of the Day (3 years)

 Student: “Mister, how long have you been teaching here?”

Me: “Since 2006.”

Student: “What the!? I wasn’t even 3 years old at that time!” (4/15/21)

Quote of the Day (bell)

 “Mister, the bell rang. It’s time to start class.” - Comment from a high school student who was trying to prompt me to start class when I was busy taking attendance. Normally not Quote of the Day material except this reminder to be punctual was coming from a student who hasn’t turned an assignment in on time all year. (4/14/21)

Quote of the Day (dryer)

 “I feel like making a meme of you for not having one.” — Comment from a high school student after I told her that I line dry my clothes because I don’t have a clothes dryer. (4/13/21)

Quote of the Day (safety)

 “Oops. I don’t know if I was supposed to tell you that.” Comment from a high school student after he said that one of his teachers took off their mask to teach saying, “I’m vaccinated so it doesn’t matter.” (4/12/21)

Quote of the Day (interaction)

 Me: "Welcome back! How was your first day back on campus?"

Student: "ACTUAL HUMAN INTERACTION!!!!" (4/9/21)

Quote of the Day (short)

 "For some reason I thought you were shorter." - Parting comment from a student that I met for the first time after more than half a year of meeting virtually for class. This was the same student who got upset with me at the beginning of the year for not remembering her from when she would come into my class to wait for her friends last school year. (4/8/21)

Quote of the Day (dog)

 Student [in a video conference stands up and moves to a different room with her laptop]: “Sorry. My dog was just being annoying.”

Me: “I wish I could bring my dog to work.”

Student’s dog bursts into her room and jumps into her lap.

Student: “Yeah. I guess there is one good thing about this learning from home stuff.” (9/17/20)

Quote of the Day (video)

 Background: instead of having a live open house, we were required to make videos to introduce ourselves and explain our expectations to our students’ parents.

“Mister, I watched your video with my mom. She asked, ‘Is that really his voice!?’”, said a student who was (not supposed to be) wandering around on campus. She continued, “My mom felt so bad. She asked if we should buy you something.” (If I had known that, I would’ve talked even quieter in my video). (9/16/20)

Quote of the Day (grade check)

Student 1 [checking a notification on her phone]: “Whoa! I just got a text saying that all school sports seasons are cancelled.”
Student 2 [to Student 3 who was furiously trying to finish his assignments on the last day of the quarter]: “Student 3, you can stop working now.”
Student 3: “Huh? Why?”
Student 2: “You don’t have to worry about being on grade check anymore. Your season just got cancelled.” (3/13/20)

Quote of the Day (payment)

Student: “Mister, if I give you money, will you do something for me?”
Me: “Probably not.”
Student: “Why not?”
Me: “I’m not in a position to just take money from students.”

Student [several minutes later]: “Mister, so have you thought about my offer?”
Me: “You haven’t even told me what you would ask me to do, so the answer is no.”
Student: “Just hear me out...If I gave you $5 would you grow your hair out?” (3/12/20)

Quote of the Day (senior ditch day)

Student [a senior]: “I’m completely lost. I don’t know what’s going on.”
Me: “How come you didn’t come to class on Friday [the so-called Senior Ditch Day]?”
Student shrugs.
Me [shrugging back]: “Next time come to class or come get help after school.” (3/11/20)

Quote of the Day (outside)

"Ew. I don't know what I would do if I saw a teacher outside of school." - Comment from a high school junior after her friend said he felt embarrassed to see me at Taco Bell. Her friend failed to mention that the reason he was so embarrassed was because he saw me at Taco Bell just minutes after he made me stay late after school at the end of the semester to finish all his late work. (3/10/20)

Quote of the Day (crayola)

Student 1 [to Student 2]: “Ew! You’re going to get crayola.”
Me: “???”
Student 2 [recognizing my confusion]: “I accidentally called Corona crayola, and now Student 2 is making fun of me.” (3/9/20)