Students

Student: Would it be possible for the situation to be reversed?
Professor: Well… (talks in circles for 5 minutes) So I will say yes, but the answer is no.

Graduate Classroom
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Professor: So what happened in Germany between 1928 and 1930?
Student: 1929!

Fordham University, New York

Overheard by: Sromeo

Guy exiting art class to female friend: I sleep through that whole class. It's all I can do.
Girl: What about when she asks attendance questions?
Guy: Well, I wake up for that part. It's just… God, I hate her! She's always talking about vaginas! And I'm just like, “Hello! I know what a vagina looks like!”

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Ditzy college girl: Everyone burps, everyone farts, everyone poops, and it feels fucking amazing.

Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, Virginia

College dude to girl: Yeah, so they tagged my penis…

UC Irvine
Irvine, California

Girl at humanities tutorial: Did we have to have works cited for our essay?
TA: Yes, you need to cite your sources.
Girl: That's so unfair! I can't be penalized just because I didn't have works cited!
TA: You need to cite your sources.
Girl: But what if I didn't have any sources?

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Overheard by: headdesk

Female student to friend in pub: Maybe you've fallen into the “big-nose trap” as well…

University of Portsmouth
England

Overheard by: Charlotte

Student girl on phone: They made me drink loads of alcohol out of a massive bucket. It was beer and vodka all mixed together. Yeah, and then all the lads stripped off and started dancing on the tables, and they started smearing the curry on their naked bodies. It was awful, but I ended up going home with one of them, he's a rugby player.

Cambridge
England

Overheard by: Gemma

Political science TA: Gays and Mexicans are ruining America. Gays have no culture, and Mexicans are making everything…spicy.

Herter Hall, UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts

Guy to TA, during archaeology midterm exam: When it says “How did they adapt physically?” does that mean…like…physically?

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington