Professor: Let’s liven things up with a documentary about Nietzsche!
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
Professor: Let’s liven things up with a documentary about Nietzsche!
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
Student: So, the only way they won't kick me out of college is if I was diagnosed with a mental problem. Do you think I can pull off bipolar?
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Professor: Back then they actually had Hell located on the map. It was in the north.
Student: In Canada?
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
Teen to her friends: We watched Tommy Boy in history class today.
Gas station
Santa Monica, California
Chemistry professor: Now, it may seem that nature has gotten it wrong–but like me, nature never gets it wrong.
University of Auckland
New Zealand
White student #1: Yeah, it's a good thing I'm not going to that preppy high school anymore.
White student #2: Yeah, I agree.
White student #3: You'd probably still be having sex with white girls.
Deerfield Beach High School
Florida
Math professor, taking baby steps across the front of the room: Infinity is waaay over there. It's gonna take me awhile to get there.
Southern Methodist University
Taos, New Mexico
Philosophy professor: He chose this example because it had sex appeal. It turned people on.
(changes PowerPoint slide to picture of bacterial flagellum)
Male student: Ohhhhh!
Professor: Please don't have an orgasm in my class.
Lycoming College
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Second year student: So, what do you do when your potential client is not being straight with you?
Professor: If you can’t get at them frontally, get at them sideways.
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Overheard by: bootstraps
Algebra class kid: Will we ever use this stuff in real life?
Teacher: No. You won't.
Middle School Algebra Class
New Jersey
