Granted, We Learned About the Teacher's Sex Life…

Teen girl #1: How was econ today?
Teen girl #2, indignantly: We actually learned something, I was so bummed…

Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills, California

Overheard by: zen

Posted on June 25, 2023
California, Education, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Stupidity, Teens

That Would Make Wuthering Heights a Lot Shorter

Professor: I mean, what’s with getting to know them? What about: You see someone, you don’t even talk, you penetrate them.

UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Posted on June 21, 2023
California, Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Relationships, Sex, Teachers

Why Assless Chaps Exist

Physics professor, talking about static electricity: So why does it work when I'm sliding in a car with carpet seats wearing my wool sweater and not work when I'm sliding in a car with leather seats in my leather outfit?
Students: (shocked silence)
Professor: I mean…I don't…ummmm, moving on…

University of Evansville
Evansville, Indiana

Posted on June 17, 2023
Clothes, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Indiana, Teachers, Weirdness

As Demanded by the Quality of Your Recent Essays

Professor: Okay, time to get back to class.
Student: But this conversation is so rewarding.
Professor: Sorry, but some of us have to go out drinking later tonight.

http://www.overheardatumbc.com

Posted on June 15, 2023
Bringing it back to you, Comebacks, Drinking & drunks, Education, Overheard at UMBC, Students, Teachers

I Think a Musical About the Nazis Has Been Done, Sir.

Professor to creative writing class: This is probably one of the smartest things I've ever stumbled upon in my life, so I shouldn't blow my load this early.

University of Wisconsin

Overheard by: Mixi

Posted on June 12, 2023
Class, Compare and contrast, Cum, Education, Students, Teachers, Wisconsin

Um, Wharnk?

Irritated English professor: I think I'm just going to change all my paper assignments to “create an inscrutable utterance.”

Ursinus College
Pennsylvania

Posted on May 14, 2023
Colleges & Universities, Education, Pennsylvania, Teachers, Words

When Engineers Have Humanities Requirements

Girl: But Gandhi — he, like, did so much for the world. He helped humanity.
Guy: Yeah, but we still shouldn’t have to write a paragraph about him.

Flint Hall, Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Overheard by: ears burning

Posted on April 25, 2023
Education, Gripes, Idiots, New York

Stop Referring to Freshmen That Way!

Professor: And these cultural anthropologists have discovered many different aspects of law in the countries they live in that differ to ours.
(pause)
Older student: Did you know that you can't own pygmies?

The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington

Overheard by: Katie