(professor starts to write on the board. The chalk breaks. Class laughs. Professor turns around and bumps into the desk. Class laughs harder)
Professor: Shut up! Shut up and listen to me! I am teaching you things and being enthusiastic! …much as I dislike each and every one of you!
Student: Oh man, I am so writing that down.
SUNY Potsdam
New York
Overheard by: minibab
British lit professor, on gays: I have honestly never seen it rain on a gay person. Never. Not once in my life.
Georgia State Lit Class
Professor: I want you to write about the first time you did something. It can be anything. The first time you rode a bike. The first time you made a baby. (awkward pause) Wait!
Syracuse University
New York
Guy in sociology class: So male and female… Are those races?
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/
Overheard by: doug
Professor: Say that you were to walk into class, and I was wearing…a red thong.
(students laugh) I’m not done. I also have sequins on my nipples–and my hair is in a red Mohawk. Half of you would turn around and walk out. The other half would think, “Eh, I can always drop the class.”
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, California
Art professor: Say goodbye to sex and violence and hello to boring allegories.
KSU
Manhattan, Kansas
Girl: Wow! Einstein was like really smart!
Astronomy Class
UCSC, California
Overheard by: Eric
Student: Have you ever heard of the penis game?
Female professor: Which one? I’ve played many penis games.
Greek Myth Class
Illinois Wesleyan University
Overheard by: problem
Girl in anthropology class: So… Islam says that men can marry four wives, but women can only marry one husband. Whatever.
Professor: Let’s try to maintain some cultural relativism!
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: nina
Girl on cell: Look, fine, then if you don’t want Lucy Liu I’ll hook you up with her sister. Then you can have two for one!
Film Class
Queen’s University
Canadia
Overheard by: Umm can I get in on that?
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