Students

Five-year-old Asian boy: Can we go to America?
Teacher: We are in America!

Harvard Yard
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overheard by: laughing

Teacher: Why are you guys talking back there?
Student: Oh, Roy*'s just talking to his eraser.

Los Angeles, California

Art school hipster girl, in the middle of different conversation: Oh my god! I got my goddamned hair cut yesterday!
Art school hipster guy: I was gonna say in the car!
(art school hipster girl smiles with crazy eyes and mouth agape)
Art school hipster guy: No, seriously… It is so fresh.

Savannah, Georgia

Blonde student to astronomy professor: Can you tell me approximately how many stars there are in our solar system?

Wheaton College
Wheaton, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Amycakes

Grumbling student: … But I’ve tooken so many Englishes before…!

Arlington, Virginia

Overheard by: McStupid

Girl #1: You can’t just not smell his pillow.
Girl #2: I know, right? Just smell as hard as you can!

Macalester College
St Paul, Minnesota

Overheard by: isa

Female law student #1: You don't have to know that. You can just 69 it.
Female law student #2: Wait… What?
Female law student #1: You know, 69 it. Get rid of it.
Female law student #2: No honey, it's “86” it. That thing you said is something dirty.

Mississippi College School of Law

Student, to professor: I was doing this piece where I–
Professor, interrupting: –Cookies?

Ithaca, New York

Overheard by: Laura

Girl sitting in front of lecture hall to professor, very matter-of-factly: People don't really use adverbs anymore.

Evans Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Overheard by: the only one left

Girl, about test: Um, I got number 34 right and it's marked wrong!
Rest of class: Yeah.
Professor: I know. I already gave you all credit. Just ignore that, it must be some leftover meth use from my college years.

Auburn, Alabama