Education

Professor: I urge you to visit the TA as well, because we have complementary viewpoints. For example, he’s with it… and I’m not.

UNC-Chapel Hill
North Carolina

Overheard by: Li’l Bit

Philosophy professor: I know you’d all rather drink a bucket of hamster vomit than read a book.

Overheard in Miami Facebook group

Overheard by: sarah

Professor, talking about archaeological surveying: Even in the mountains, people will be hunting, farming, running from the police.

Glasgow
Scotland

Overheard by: sarah

Little girl, excitedly building snowman: Mommy, look, look! This could be his hat!
Mother: No, Shelly.
Little girl, dejectedly: But mommy…
Mother, exasperated: No! It's not even proportionate to the snowman!

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Only in Boston…

Brunette: So, are you gonna get some studying done?
Blonde: No, not really…
Brunette: So, you're here just to kill time?
Blonde: Yeah, to play.

Baillieu Library
University of Melbourne
Australia

Mover and shaker: I went to a military academy, I know about anal sex. I went to a military academy.

Austin, Texas

Professor, reading student midterm reviews of his teaching style: When asked the question, “what would help you understand the material better?” someone wrote “if you wore a thong.” My answer to that is, “how do you know I'm not?”
(class erupts in laughter)

University of Michigan, Dearborn

Overheard by: Nehal

Economics professor: I don't judge others' lifestyles. (pause) I mean…unless they are a total trainwreck.

Illinois State University

Spanish teacher: “Corona” means “crown,” but mainly it means “Corona.”

High School
Calgary
Canadia

Mom doing magazine quiz to teenage sons: Spanish can't be one of the world's top languages. The only Spanish-speaking country is Mexico.

Cincinnati, Ohio