From my journal of high schoolers' quotes...
In Science
"There's popcorn in here somewhere. See, popcorn." "Are you kidding me? She's got a freakin' refridgerator in her backpack!"- Brittany and Dustin H.
From my oh-so-thoughtfull Geometry class
"Look ma, we got bacon for a month!"- Spencer
"If you eat Mexican food, then you have gas."- Matt
"The other class coudn't come up with anything creative..." "Yeah, well, I've seen that class, I wouldn't expect it."- the teacher and Blake
"So if Shelby goes to the bathroom then Lynlee goes to the bathroom, and if Lynlee goes to the bathroom then Jana goes to the bathroom. So if Shelby goes to the bathroom so does Jana. Do you understand the Law of Syllogism?" "Yes, the bathroom will be very crowded." - the teacher and Blake
"Joe-mom-atry? Is that what you said?"- Matt
"Do you think the 7th graders have ate the photographer yet?"- Blake
"I don't like you." "I don't know why anyone would like me."- the teacher and Blake
"Here's the National Honor Society list." "Matt...Matt...Matt." "Matt's not on here anymore." "What an ugly, psychotic piece of crap!"- the teacher and Matt
"I can wear whatever I want! If I wanna wear a mini-skirt, I can!" "Amen!" - John and Blake
"What is that? Oh, it's a woman." - Matt
"What if you're me and don't have any friends?" "Then you don't belong in this example." - Blake and the teacher
"Matt, how may situations have we been in where we lost an article of clothing?" "Several, buddy, several." "And surprisingly nothing illegal was going on." - Blake and Matt
"John, there's your mom outside. They're stepping on something and laughing."- Sierra
Quotes from history
"I wondered why I couldn't read this. 'Is this, like, another language?' It's Spanish." - Kayla
"While you're testing, I've got to think up new ways to be mean to the 7th graders." - The teacher
"I'm being mean to my 7th graders at the moment. Let me have my fun." - the teacher
"My favorite class is 7th period." "What grade is that?" "My prep period."- The teacher and Sierra
"We're your favorite class for sure." "Oh yeah, you're right up there with Attila the Hun." - Josh and the teacher
Oral Communications Quotes
"Did he just call her [the teacher] Marylin?" "She looks like Marylin Manson." "Ha ha, Marylin!"- Eric and Adam
"What's your favorite song that you've performed in concert?" "Concert?" "Yeah, Marylin!"- Adam, the teacher and Eric
"Can I have a dictionary to mess with?"- Jeremiah
"If you're a gangsta then you'll know what it means to 'bust a cap'."- the teacher
"Anybody know what sublanguage is?" "Language from the suburbs. Speak it in the 'hood." - The teacher and Eric
"So Justin's got a beard. Doesn't that mean he's covering up his gay-ness?" "It's not working."- the teacher and Kendra
"Justin, bring back the beard." "I'm not Justin. I now go by Moses." "Moses, bring back the beard." "More like Noses." - the teacher, Justin aka Nose (wearing a fake beard) and Dustin L.
"Aaron believes in leprechauns. He sees them and they tell him things. But every time you say they aren't real, one of them dies." "Then stop saying that!"- Alan and Aaron
My One funny Spanish Quote
"Yeah, I have this wierd thing about me, when I see open books I tell people to open them."- the teacher
And from the mouths of our school's great philosophers...
"This whole class leads up to the test. If you fail the test, then you fail school; if you fail school, then you fail in life; and if you fail in life, then you become a dead-beat and your parents hate you!"- Matt about geometry
and
"I'll tell you what this is all leading to...robot communism. They'll turn us all into robots and it'll be communist. And I'm calling my senator." "Do you even know who your senator is?" "Some fat, gay guy." - Blake and Matt
Yeah, that's what passes as philosophy around here...