Teachers

Kid: You sound like a special needs person.
Teacher: Maybe I am a special needs person.

http://overheardincomo.blogspot.com

Overheard by: Kelsaaaaay Lee.

History prof: Benjamin Harrison was a pretty boring guy, with all the personality of a statue…I’m sure he couldn’t even…
[Class snickers.]History prof: Oh god, you fricken teenagers, you drag everything into the gutter!

Colorado University
Boulder, Colorado

American Government professor: And our second candidate for class president was born to a military family in 1990, which almost makes me sick to my stomach when I think about what I was doing in 1990. See, you could be my baby!

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Professor on first day of class: Hi, my name is Jerry Anderson*. You can call me Jerry, you can call me Anderson… You might want to call me Bastard Ass-fucker, but I’d prefer if you kept that to yourself.

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Teacher: Okay, I want you to write down twenty words relating to one of your hobbies, and then write a poem about it.
Girl: Can we write it on surprise butt sex?
Teacher: Errrmmm…if you want?

School Classroom
Australia

Overheard by: i wrote mine on sport….

Male English teacher to female student: You know, for the last 30 minutes I've been thinking of… The holy city that is your face.

High School
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: ShouldThisBeReported?

Ditzy college girl, interrupting class: Do you live in Penn Yan?
Professor: No, I live on Bluff Point.
Ditzy college girl: Oh… Did you know that Sarassin's delivers?
Professor: No, I didn't, but do you mind if I get back to my lecture?

Keuka College
New York

Overheard by: Rachel Bz.

Professor: I invent things too! My great invention is this toast, and you make it in a toaster, and then you stick it in the freezer. And, like, when you want toast, you just put it back in the toaster…
Students: (confused silence)
Professor: Man, no one understands me! (stomps out)

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Student: Is ‘too’ an adverb?
English professor: Why do you care?

http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/12/big-honking-update.html

Overheard by: maria

Science professor: This is plastic deformation, like what happens to those baby-seal catchers. You know, the plastic that comes around soda cans? Sometimes you catch penguins too, but those are much harder–they run really fast, and they have no regard for their bodies. They just throw themselves off cliffs.

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts