Teachers

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

Middle aged, balding psych professor disproving “empty nest” theory: Now, when you leave the house your parents are free to run around the house naked, and fuck on the kitchen table! (pauses) Your parents like to have sex!

Psychology Class, Youngstown State University
Ohio

Overheard by: Carmen

Marriage and family therapy professor: If you're living, shit's happening.

Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Painfully dull professor: It's not rocket science, but it's also not a marshmallow.

Storrs, Connecticut