Student, discussing paper topics: I’d kind of like to do prostitution… Is that too easy?
Professor: Why not? Prostitution is fun! Everybody likes doing prostitution.
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Overheard by: Auntie Maim
Student, discussing paper topics: I’d kind of like to do prostitution… Is that too easy?
Professor: Why not? Prostitution is fun! Everybody likes doing prostitution.
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Overheard by: Auntie Maim
Statistics professor: If you’re not good-looking, you’d better be good; and if you’re not good, you’d better be rich… Oh, I’m sorry. It’s true, but I’m still sorry.
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Overheard by: me in cas b12
English teacher to class: Apostrophes and semicolons really turn me on.
Class: (horrified silence)
English teacher, to self: Maybe I shouldn't have said that.
High School
Wisconsin
Lecturer: People who are happy, hopeful, and relaxed… are a pain in the ass.
Auckland
New Zealand
Teacher: Does anyone know how to spell that?
(silence)
Student: Looks like it’s time to whip out the dic!
Teacher: Some words should *not* be shortened.
High School Classroom
Rhode Island
Biology prof: So the dinosaurs were eating all the iridium poisoned plants, and dying of drug overdoses. That's why you find them in all these weird positions, they were having bad trips and just… dying.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Overheard by: Danielle
Architecture tutor critiquing students' poster: When you look at it, it starts making some irrational type of sense.
Unitec Polytech
Auckland
New Zealand
Teacher: Sit the fuck down and stop acting like a bird!
High School Classroom
Englewood, Colorado
Prof: I like to click on the descriptive statistics checkbox in order to pleasure myself!
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Overheard by: Can't believe she said that
