Teachers

Professor: Fluorine is to chlorine as chlorine is to Kool-Aid. If you inhale chlorine, it burns your nose–you inhale fluorine and it'll eat your face and look for your family.

San Diego State University
San Diego, California

First grade teacher to colleague, in front of first graders: And so I walked into the living room and he was there, naked, standing on the coffee table.

Portland, Maine

Professor, in regards to nationalism in film: Now what makes a film “British”?
Valedictorian: They all speak British?

University of Texas
Austin, Texas

Overheard by: Adam

Social problems teacher: So what are some social problems that affect us today?
Female student: Murder?
Teacher: Yeah, that’s good. [writes it on the white board.] Any others?
Male student: Narcissism?
Teacher: I don’t quite understand…
Male student: Well if people are falling asleep all the time and they don’t know it…

Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Teacher: So what gets left behind when sea water evaporates?
Student: Fishies!

Melbourne
Australia

Kid: Woah, you just blew my mind!
Teacher: That's not all I'll blow.

High School
Pennsylvania

Student, talking about fur coat made out of Bobcat: Excuse me, what's a Bobcat?
Teacher: Some kind of tractor.

Australia

Overheard by: xmeagan

British theater professor: Well, you know Hong Kong used to belong to Britain. (angrily) Everything used to belong to Britain.

Theater Class, UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Chanimal

Professor: Carbon-14 is an unstable marriage. He’s putting cocaine up his nose while she’s working hard. It can’t last, you know. That’s expensive.

Berea College
Kentucky

Professor: You can't look at a record and hear the music…unless you're really baked.

Decatur, Illinois