Margaret Manheim Could Never Catch a Break

Professor: All right. I'm going to start giving the papers back in reverse alphabetical order from last time.
Whispering girl: Damn it! I hate my life.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Posted on December 3, 2016
Class, Default, Education, Feelings, Girls, Michigan, Students, Teachers, Weirdness

If Evolution Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right!

Human evolution professor, showing a slide of a monkey: Just look at those testicles! They're huge and pink…just…they're all in your face!

Anthropology Classroom, Kent State University
Ohio

Overheard by: Laureen

Posted on October 14, 2016
Animals, Balls, Class, Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Ohio, Teachers, Weirdness

But Don’t You Think Toddlers Deserve to Work in Coal Mines?

Student: That’s terrible!
Professor: I agree, I’m a horrible person.

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Posted on April 16, 2016
Character, Class, Default, Feelings, New York, Students, Teachers, Weirdness

Where Only the Strong Survive Into Adulthood

Jolly literature professor: All of this talk of salacious babysitters and the indiscriminate disposing of corpses makes me feel like I’m back in Jersey again.

University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Posted on February 22, 2016
Class, Compare and contrast, Memory lane, Teachers, US Geography, Violence, Virginia

I’m Not Allowed to Use Them at Home

Biology professor, on earthworm digestive systems: And I’m including this part because I enjoy saying words like “anus”.

South Dakota State University
South Dakota

Posted on January 21, 2016
Animals, Body parts, Class, Creepsters, Education, Science, South Dakota, Teachers, Weirdness, Wishes, Words

Because All Your Term Papers Are Based on Tobey Maguire Movies

Girl #1 (super cheerfully): I learned that from Spiderman 3!
Girl #2: Gah! (quietly, while walking away) Why don't you just shut up?
Girl #1 (whining under her breath): Why don't you listen to meeeeeeee?

Pottery Class, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Just Me

Posted on December 3, 2015
Class, Colleges & Universities, Default, Girls, Happiness, Movies, Offers and requests, Questions, Washington

In Smell-O-Vision

Professor, trying to motivate class: Sometimes, you just need to…to look up, and…and smell…the big picture.

Carleton University
Ottawa
Canadia

Posted on August 14, 2015
Canadia, Class, Education, Sensory experiences, Students, Teachers

God: Suddenly I’m Getting All the Attention I Deserve

Professor, whispering: What is god doing with female breasts?

Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: Caylin

Posted on August 1, 2015
Body parts, Class, Education, Georgia, God, Questions, Sexuality, Teachers, Weirdness

Thankfully I've Brought Enough for the Class

Literature professor, after reciting Hamlet's “To be or not to be…”: So now you all need a Valium…count on me to ruin your day.

English Lit Class
Anchorage, Alaska

Overheard by: Rosencrantz

Posted on August 1, 2015
Alaska, Books, Class, Default, Names, Offers and requests, Teachers

It's the Only Possible Motivation to Teach at a Texas Public School?

Teacher: I got a question for you guys… If you're flying at 50,000 feet and the left rear tire falls off your canoe, how many pancakes does it take to cover a doghouse and why?
Students: What the fuck?
Teacher: Clearly, the answer is 7, cause ice cream has no bones!
Student #1: Why do they keep giving us teachers on crack?
Student #2: I dunno, man. I dunno…

Inside Freshman Classroom
El Paso, Texas

Posted on July 29, 2015
Class, Default, Drugs, Education, Questions, Science, Students, Teachers, Texas, Weirdness