Teachers

Why the Taliban Exists

Teacher: From an evolutionary perspective, what do you have more time to do if you don't need to find a mate?
Female student: Build an army!

South Eugene High School
Eugene, Oregon

Posted on July 18, 2016
Education, Oregon, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Students, Teachers, Violence

Come Back! You Teach in Korea!

16-year-old: There are 24 letters in the alphabet, right?
Teacher: I quit.

Bradley, Illinois

Overheard by: A Horrified Student

Posted on July 10, 2016
Education, Illinois, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Students, Teachers

Warthogs! Cabbages! Pokemon!

Professor: So, what are most songs written about?
Student #1: Apple bottom jeans?
Student #2: Boots with the fur?

School of Environmental Studies
Minnesota

Posted on May 26, 2016
Clothes, Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Minnesota, Music, Questions, Students, Teachers

That, or Being Attacked by Giant Serpents.

Teacher to class: What is your number one fear surrounding public speaking?
Student: Assassination.

Universtiy of Colorado

Overheard by: Owl is a hairstyle

Posted on May 2, 2016
Colorado, Murder, Questions, Teachers, Weirdness

But Don’t You Think Toddlers Deserve to Work in Coal Mines?

Student: That’s terrible!
Professor: I agree, I’m a horrible person.

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Posted on April 16, 2016
Character, Class, Default, Feelings, New York, Students, Teachers, Weirdness

The Original Tag-Line for Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Anatomy professor: There's a little bit of failure in everyone.

Western Illinois University

Overheard by: Pixie

Posted on March 18, 2016
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Illinois, Teachers, Weirdness

If You're Forging, Try to Spell His Name Correctly This Time

Professor: No, pondering eternal truths is not a good excuse for missing my class…I'd need a signed note from god.

Lycoming College
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: JQ

Posted on March 8, 2016
Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, God, Offers and requests, Pennsylvania, Philosophy, Teachers

But It Was Actually the Four Horsemen and Their Nasty, Old Apocalypse

Professor: I thought it was an “Oh my god, ponies!” moment.

Christopher Newport University
Newport News, Virginia

Overheard by: It had to be…

Posted on March 6, 2016
Animals, Colleges & Universities, Default, Feelings, Names, Teachers, Virginia, Words

So Let’s Ignore His Excruciated Moans and Get Back to Work

Teacher, to students: … And it’s not like he’s going to need that testicle…

Poole Grammar School
England

Posted on February 27, 2016
Balls, England, Teachers

Where Only the Strong Survive Into Adulthood

Jolly literature professor: All of this talk of salacious babysitters and the indiscriminate disposing of corpses makes me feel like I’m back in Jersey again.

University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Posted on February 22, 2016
Class, Compare and contrast, Memory lane, Teachers, US Geography, Violence, Virginia