Art teacher: The size of the square should be 13 inches…
Student #1, interrupting: Is that the length or the width?
Student #2: Uh, Krista, it's a square. The length and width are the same.
Student #1: Well, don't get mad at me just because I'm not all smart like you!
Marathon, Florida
Overheard by: Chey
College boy #1: Like what does that mean? I don't go to class! Do you go to class?
College boys #2 and #3: No!
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: On my way to class
Girl #1: I wish there were swing sets at college.
Girl #2: I know. Spain better have swing sets.
Girl #1: For when you're abroad?
Girl #2: No, just in general.
Claremont, California
Overheard by: swinging
Anatomy professor, turning up lights: Wake up, it's the male reproductive system! How many times have you heard that before? (class laughter) Hopefully not many times before.
UNC
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Professor: How do you feel about presenting?
Student: Nervous. I don't like talking in front of people.
Professor: These aren't people, these are students!
Students: (silence)
Professor: That's not a nice thing to say. You can't believe I just said that, can you?
UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts
Overheard by: CR
Girl to friends: Of course guys are better at math and science than girls are, they have more time to work on it!
Dining Hall, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: what?
Preppy girl #1, working on chemistry assignment: So, say you have a finite amount of this chemical.
Preppy girl #2: Wait, “finite” means there's no limit.
Preppy girl #1: No, that's “infinite.”
Preppy girl #2: “Finite” and “infinite” are the same thing. “Finite” is the adjective form of “infinite.”
Suzalo Library, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Scared for America's future
Girl, on sex-ed: Well, I went to a Catholic school and as a result I didn't know what a penis was until I got to high school.
Guy: I think these middle school girls need psychotherapy before they need birth control. 11-year-olds shouldn't be having sex.
Girl: Girls? Why just the girls? They're having sex with 11-year-old boys. You need something to stick in there in order to get pregnant.
Professor: Well, it looks like you found out what a penis was.
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa
