And You Were There, and You Were There, and You Were There…

Teacher to students: And then you thought we were going to an imaginary place…but it was Louisiana!

High School English Class
Sweden

Overheard by: It was real?

Posted on May 29, 2009
Compare and contrast, Default, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Sweden, Teachers, US Geography, Weirdness

I'm Afraid It's Just Cold Cuts for the Dead

Teacher: Where does the friar discover the bloodstains in the tomb?
Student #1: In the kitchen!
Teacher: There's no kitchen in a tomb.
Student #2: Well, dead people got to eat too!
Student #3: No they don't, stupid!
Student #4: Wait, don't people get hungry when they die?

9th Grade English Class
Louisiana

Overheard by: Is it Summer Vacation Yet?

Posted on May 27, 2009
Death & dying, Default, Louisiana, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Students, Stupidity, Teachers

To Be Fair, This Is His Answer to Everything

Instructor to swim class: Okay, who can tell me one thing we can wear to protect ourselves from the sun?
Three-year-old boy, after much thought: Teeth!

YMCA
Easton, Pennsylvania

Posted on May 27, 2009
Body parts, Default, Guys, Kids, Offers and requests, Pennsylvania, Questions, Teachers

…and Take It.

Professor: And then your cilia just lay the fuck down…

Omaha, Nebraska

Posted on May 22, 2009
Default, Education, Nebraska, Teachers, Weirdness, Words

Every Angelina Jolie Movie, in a Nutshell

Sex and Violence professor, at the end of the semester: You are sexy, you are violent. It's been an honor.

Pomona College
Claremont, California

Overheard by: Mell

Posted on May 21, 2009
California, Colleges & Universities, Compliments, Default, Sex, Teachers, Violence, Weirdness

Let's Just Say I Gave Him Extra Coaching After That

Faculty master: You know, our building won the sportsmanship award this year. It wasn't thanks to me, though. Some kid kicked a ball out of bounds, and I yelled “you play soccer like a freshman that's never had sex!”

Faculty Master Dinner
USC, California

Posted on May 20, 2009
California, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Kids, Sex, Teachers

Unlike My Wife

Anatomy professor, turning up lights: Wake up, it's the male reproductive system! How many times have you heard that before? (class laughter) Hopefully not many times before.

UNC
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Posted on May 19, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, North Carolina, Offers and requests, Questions, Sexuality, Teachers

Just Like That Girl Over There, in the Second Row

Sociology professor: The world is fundamentally the same as 100 years or so. Fathers back then were worried about their daughters listening to the radio. Now, they worry about them “sexting” on their BlackBerrys!

University of Delaware

Overheard by: Who is sexting?

Posted on May 17, 2009
Age and ageing, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Delaware, Family ties, Gadgets, Teachers, Words

But, Like, Why Do They Always Salivate When I Ring This Bell?

Professor: How do you feel about presenting?
Student: Nervous. I don't like talking in front of people.
Professor: These aren't people, these are students!
Students: (silence)
Professor: That's not a nice thing to say. You can't believe I just said that, can you?

UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: CR

Posted on May 14, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Feelings, Massachusetts, Questions, Students, Teachers

Academia's Fried Us All Already.

Professor to unmoving grad students: That's a fire alarm…pay no attention.

Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

Posted on May 9, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, New Jersey, Offers and requests, Teachers, Weirdness

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