Students

Male student to another, seriously: So you just came in your pants?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

Professor: I invent things too! My great invention is this toast, and you make it in a toaster, and then you stick it in the freezer. And, like, when you want toast, you just put it back in the toaster…
Students: (confused silence)
Professor: Man, no one understands me! (stomps out)

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Student: Is ‘too’ an adverb?
English professor: Why do you care?

http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/12/big-honking-update.html

Overheard by: maria

Student: Is there really a job where you can just throw paper at people and then run away?

Canadia

Freshmen dorm girl: Take it from someone who swallows quite often: it's actually pretty fun!

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

Kid: I am the Antichrist.
Teacher: Your parents must be proud.
Kid: No! They’re pissed!

Brimmer and May School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Professor: How old are you?
Visiting high school student: Seventeen.
Professor: And you're not married? Well, you've come to the right place!

Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, Tennessee

Overheard by: Lisa

Girl #1: So pasta, like, traumatized you?
Girl #2: Yeah, I hate pasta! Pasta ruined my life!

Frary Dining Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, California

Male MBA #1: We should have a contest to see who can bring the hottest date to charity ball.
Male MBA #2: That wouldn’t work, because looks are subjective.
Female MBA: Um… No… Some people are objectively hot. You can be empirically attractive.

http://overheardatkmc.blogspot.com/2006/10/lets-compare-dates.html

Overheard by:

Teacher: Did you hear Germany got a new polar bear?
German exchange student: Shiza!
Guy: What’s wrong with polar bears?
German exchange student: Ugh… You have no idea.

Grady High School
Atlanta, Georgia