Student Quotes of 2011

Students really do say the funniest things. Here is a record of some comments, conversations, etc from the first semester. Enjoy!


**Me: If your swearing becomes habitual, then you will have to stay after school [instead of doing pushups].
Student: Does habitual count?


**Me: You’ll probably break that (using a badminton racket with a volleyball)
Student: If you break it, we won’t tell. Just bury it.


**Teacher 1: You need a sphere (best item for projectile motion)
Teacher 2: We could make spears!


**Student: Sometimes I feel like I’m too smart.


**Student: I’m not checking you out. I’m finding your derivative.


**Me: I can’t say the letter r.
Student: That explains why you sound like a pirate.


**Student: Do you know why it’s (the graphing calculator) trying to teach me French?


**Student: If you use big words like constitutes, it makes it seem like you use the word-a-day toilet paper.


**Student: What is this unidentified object on my [calculator] screen?


**Student: Can we turn the air off? [I’m freezing.]
Me: That’s the heat.


**Student: We pompous calc students should do great on the *pre-calc test


**Student: Is this the ruler ______ chewed on?
Me: Yes, but he hasn’t chewed on it this week.