Students

Female Brown student #1: That lab class is so stupid.
Female Brown student #2: Yeah. Harry Potter had the best labs.
Female Brown student #1, sighing: I wish this was Hogwarts.

Providence, Rhode Island

Overheard by: Sadie

College student to roommate: My family heirloom is a neon beer light. And a coffee mug.

Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Larissa

Man in trench coat to group of students: Follow me, and I'll take you to a magical woman.

Newport
Wales

Overheard by: Can I come?

Student, raising hand: I can't read…
Professor: I'm sorry.

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: The Only One Laughing?

Professor: Here you are, every day, sitting in this little cave which is evolutionary very stupid. You're not reproducing while you are in here. You aren't even trying to… Well, maybe that's not true.

Psychiatric Physiology Class
Pomona, California

Overheard by: Whats He talking about again???

Student to friend: Could you imagine having a test tube shatter while it is up your ass, or worse? I know a girl that it happened to!

Cabra Dominican College
Australia

After MC Skat Kat, Paula Abdul's Career Went Into the Toilet

Student: What's “scat”?
Professor: Poop.
Student: Oh, shit!

Godfrey, Illinois

Overheard by: M

Student, after teacher announced students would take turns to read: Erm, excuse me… Why can't we read quietly for ourselves?
Teacher, with mock shock: Because… We're here together! This is a room full of communion and harmony!

University of Zurich
Switzerland

Overheard by: Stephie

Teacher: Who was right in the American Revolution?
(silence)
Student: We were?
Teacher: We were! God, I thought you were all communists for a minute.

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Student to friend: I was going for Asian and it came out pedophile.

Otago University
New Zealand