Professor: The French lords were so disbelieving. It was like your favorite puppy going ‘Rawr, rawr, rawr!’ and taking a chunk out of your arm — they were just like, ‘Huh? What?’
Burdine Hall, University of Texas
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: she actually growled
Professor: I just think of this class as 40 days in a row and then it’s over. Like the Jews in Egypt.
Student: It was 40 years.
Professor: 40 years, 40 days. Same difference.
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Philosophy professor, proving his argument: Therefore, if I don’t get a little crazy, then I’m never gonna survive.
Michigan State University
Michigan
Overheard by: sjshock
IT teacher: So if the CPU usage is really high, choose “end process tree” to kill the process.
Student in back, mumbling: That’s what she said…
IT teacher: Damn right that’s what she said!
Waterloo
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Sunny
Professor: I think I popped a few Oxycontins before I wrote this so it might not make any sense.
Salem State College
Salem, Massachusetts
Female student to another: So, are you a pirate or a ninja?
Teacher: That’s a great question!
Brisbane
Australia
Overheard by: I took a test and I’m both.
Teacher: You can use stethoscopes to listen to water in trees. You should listen to thin trees and trees with less bark.
Student: Should it be hardwood or softwood?
Teacher: Softwood. You can’t beat softwood.
Classroom
Alexandria, Virginia
Sociology professor: This course is cheap, but I’m expensive, so please make use of me.
Boston University, Massachusetts
Civil procedure professor: Don’t you sometimes think this class would be better if we were all a little inebriated?
Law School
Los Angeles, California
Professor: You take some guppies from different populations in Trinidad, put them into little plastic bags, shove them down your pants, and smuggle them through the airport back to the lab in California. At least, that?s what we did.
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