Professor: Now, let’s try smallening the interval.
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
Archive for the ‘Teachers’ Category
Everybody Respects a Gentleman Bandit
Professor: I could go to Mark*, for example, and say, “hey, you have to do this or I’m going to shoot you.” (to Mark*) Uh, sorry.
Mark*: Well, at least you’re polite about it.
Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: S.m. Torres
Or Tigger or Eeyore
Lecturer: No, seriously! I promise I won’t talk about poo next week!
Perth
Australia
Overheard by: ellie.
…Next to Making Undergrads Uncomfortable.
Professor: I advise you all to make love, at least once, outside in the rain. It’s the best feeling in the world.
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York
Overheard by: Mackenzie
None Of Which Are All That Hard
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
Tyra Banks, During Every Taping Of America’s Next Top Model, Encapsulated.
Black professor: Actually, it wasn’t neither… Excuse me, I had an Ebonics moment. Please forgive me.
Millsaps College
Jackson, Mississippi
The Heaven Entrance Exam Is Teeming With Poetry Questions
Teacher (about poetry assignment): Some of you did a good job and wrote some wonderful things. Some of you just did the assignment. Some of you haven’t even turned it in. Those people are going to hell.
TJHSST
Alexandria, Virginia
Actually, It’s the Joker Disguised As Batman
Student, discussing artwork: … And this represents my soul!
Teacher, squinting: Your soul is Batman?
Twelfth grade art class
Frankfurt
Germany
Overheard by: Giggling in the back row
Instant Coffee: Explained
Philosophy teacher: So, I’ve created a robot that knows how to go into my office and make me a coffee. But what if something goes wrong? What if the coffee’s in a different place, or there’s no milk? What if there’s bees in the sugar?
Perth
Australia
…Which Is a Great Lead-In to My Lecture on Gonorrhea
Blonde girl: I hate horror movies, because then I get scared that those things are going to happen, cause they really do happen.
Teacher: You can’t live your life like that! Those things are really rare! Like, I’ve been in all sorts of sketchy situations, and I’m still here.
Guy: You’re just too sheltered.
Teacher: Like, when I was in Rwanda, this guy was giving us a ride and he was like “do you want to stay overnight at my house?” and we were like “okay,” and I immediately regretted that one…
Toronto
Canadia
