Education

Indian professor with thick accent: Okay class. If I flip this coin 50 times, what is the probability that I get head?
Dude in the back: Man, I could flip a coin 100 times and I'm still not gettin' head.
(class bursts into hysterical laughter)
Indian professor: What? What did I say?

Statistics Class, George Washington University
Washington, DC

History prof: Benjamin Harrison was a pretty boring guy, with all the personality of a statue…I’m sure he couldn’t even…
[Class snickers.]History prof: Oh god, you fricken teenagers, you drag everything into the gutter!

Colorado University
Boulder, Colorado

Girl #1: Did you have to take a test in high school to prove that you weren't retarded?
Girl #2: Uh, no.
Girl #1: Oh…I did.

Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadia

Overheard by: JSW

Teacher: Okay, I want you to write down twenty words relating to one of your hobbies, and then write a poem about it.
Girl: Can we write it on surprise butt sex?
Teacher: Errrmmm…if you want?

School Classroom
Australia

Overheard by: i wrote mine on sport….

Blonde teenage girl #1: If I don't get asked to prom I might just drop out of school and become a mechanic.
Blonde teenage girl #2: I know… that would suck.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/267312131/high-school-problems-are-the-most-important-problems-youll-ever-face.html

Overheard by: high school

Male English teacher to female student: You know, for the last 30 minutes I've been thinking of… The holy city that is your face.

High School
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: ShouldThisBeReported?

Ditzy college girl, interrupting class: Do you live in Penn Yan?
Professor: No, I live on Bluff Point.
Ditzy college girl: Oh… Did you know that Sarassin's delivers?
Professor: No, I didn't, but do you mind if I get back to my lecture?

Keuka College
New York

Overheard by: Rachel Bz.

Girl: Ever since I started making an effort to look good for school, I've felt so good about myself. Now, people are calling me! (pause) For sex.

http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2008/11/25/hi-is-this-cindy-yeah-im-in-your-math-class-wanna-fuck/

Overheard by: Sherbrooke

Science professor: This is plastic deformation, like what happens to those baby-seal catchers. You know, the plastic that comes around soda cans? Sometimes you catch penguins too, but those are much harder–they run really fast, and they have no regard for their bodies. They just throw themselves off cliffs.

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

Pol-sci professor: Nuking other countries is kind of rude.

University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee