Student: What are you eating?
Teacher: My bracelet… it’s made of anti-depressants.
Tucson, Arizona
Student: What are you eating?
Teacher: My bracelet… it’s made of anti-depressants.
Tucson, Arizona
Professor: The emotional impact of one story is greater than the story of many people.
Student: Isn't that what Stalin said?
Professor: Um. Sort of the same sentiment. But I really hope that is my last parallel to Stalin.
Seattle, Washington
Professor: All right. I'm going to start giving the papers back in reverse alphabetical order from last time.
Whispering girl: Damn it! I hate my life.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sweet-toothed student: If you put an infinite amount of candy corn in front of me, I will eat until I die. Do you understand that?
http://overheardatstanford.blogspot.com/2006/11/does-this-have-anything-to-do-with.html
Girl arguing her bad translation is correct: Wait, this sentence says, ‘I am… To be… Entered’!
Grad-level French class
California
Overheard by: Not Willing
Student: He called me a bitch. Only my mom calls me a bitch.
http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/2007/03/yeah-were-close.html
Male student: So after leaving my mom a note explaining I was going to New York, my friend and I just drove there. We saw a hobo pee in a cup then dump it out!
Female student: Sweet! Can I see?
Bus, University of Michigan
Cultured student, before exam week: I'm drinking more Earl Grey than Jean-Luc Picard this week.
High School
Little Rock, Arkansas
Teacher: From an evolutionary perspective, what do you have more time to do if you don't need to find a mate?
Female student: Build an army!
South Eugene High School
Eugene, Oregon
16-year-old: There are 24 letters in the alphabet, right?
Teacher: I quit.
Bradley, Illinois
Overheard by: A Horrified Student
