Teachers

Sex ed teacher: Now, before I start this class, all of you remember that my penis is bigger.

Australia

Overheard by: Not so sure…

English teacher (about Don Pedro in Much Ado about Nothing: “Don” in Spanish means “wicked cool guy.”

Tantasqua High School
Fiskdale, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Kat

Professor: Sometimes it can be fun to be teased by not getting what you want for a while, as long as you get it in the end.

Hartford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Claire

Professor: I want you to think of your education like bread.
Student in back of room: It's delicious!

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Overheard by: War Damn Eagle

Professor: You'd probably say “no, I wouldn't do it,” but until you had a fly dropped in your nose, you wouldn't know.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Professor: So how many inches do you think are in a foot?
Student: Oh I'd say about 100.
Professor (speaking to class): I love picking on the foreign kids on the first day of class.

Normal, Illinois

Overheard by: AJ

Psychology professor: We allowed homosexuals to do their own sex.

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Emily

Professor: Do I want to be intimate? That's the important thing.

Arizona State University

Overheard by: Mallory

Professor #1: Trying to crowd thirty-two students into a space meant for sixteen just isn't working.
Professor #2: Oh, really?
Professor #1: Is it at all possible to have the room reassigned without wading through the bureaucracy?
Professor #2: No, and that's why I always assign the thickest and most difficult readings in the first two weeks.

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Overheard by: Ian

Acting professor: He was a mime…son of a bitch! He and his wife were both mimes. Mimes! Mimes! Mimes!

Point Park University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: ZB