Teachers

Professor: It must seem like I'm beating you over the head with a frozen chicken breast.

Hartford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Claire

Professor, discussing an 18th century painting: Now, it is important to remember that at this time women did not wear panties. This is a beaver shot par excellence!

San José State University
California

Teacher: See, adjectives are boring old turtles.
Students: Uhhh.
Teacher: But participles are like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Marshall High School
Virginia

Overheard by: amused student….

Biology teacher: [badly draws a woman singing into a microphone, which looks suspiciously like a woman about to give head] If you take this, for example…
[class laughs]Biology teacher: [steps away from board and sees what class is laughing about] Uh…[erases drawing]… We’re just not going to draw today.

Connecticut

Education professor: Marshmallows are not alive… are they?

Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts

Teacher: You know, I’ve never known two teenage boys that wanted to be locked in a soundproof room together before.

Escuela Campo Alegre Caracas
Venezuela

Overheard by: Jillian

White teacher: Time to yell grades! These are the good ones: Smith, Jameson, De-Jesus…
Asian kid, whispering to friend: Isn’t it supposed to be Degesis?
White kid, to teacher: Did you just say ‘De-Jesus‘?
White teacher: I’m white.

Columbia, New York

Overheard by: Father Seraph

Torts professor: S-and-M aside, you don’t go out and purchase pain and suffering.

http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/2007/05/what-about-law-school-tuition.html

Overheard by: bh

Acting professor: We just tweaked a few things to make it Christmassy and kidnapped Santa.

Point Park University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: ZB

Professor with Smarties taped to pants: Anyone wanna take a guess at what my costume is?
Girl in back: Firefighter!

University of Delaware
Delaware