Wednesday, April 30, 2008

In Physics

Teacher: We're going to go around the room and everyone say something with a motor in it.
Student #1: Fan
Student #2: Car
Student #3: Train, like the kind that goes around a Christmas tree.
Student #4: Airplane.
Student #5: Christmas tree.
Teacher: Can you be more specific?
Student #5: No.
Student #6: Refrigerator.
Student #7: Boat.
Student #8: Vibrator.


Teacher: [Student], you're on my list.
Student: What list?
Student #2: Schindler's list.

Student (talking about something we should have learned in chemistry but didn't because the teacher was incompetent): We skipped that chapter- along with the other fifteen!

Student: I'm really curious, how do they name these things [measurement units]?
Teacher: Well, sometimes if you discover it, and you write a textbook or an article, you can name it, or else future generations name it after you. Like the Newton was...
Student: Jimmy Neutron!!!

Student #1, to teacher: Are you this funny with your kids? (to other students) Does he have kids?
Student #2: No.
Student #1: Well then, are you this funny with your wife?
Teacher: No.
Student #1: Poor wife.
Student #3: Are you married?
Student #2 (sarcastically): No, he just has a wife.

In History
The class is discussing to what extent Jefferson went against his political philosophy, and the teacher thows away a piece of paper.
Student: Did you just throw away that papaer? You didn't recycle it? Did you know the amount of paper people throw away every day could circle the globe twice?
Teacher (defensively): Hey, Jefferson owned slaves!

In Math
Student [about other student]: Doesn't he look like Harold? Have you watched Harold and Kumar? He looks like Harold, only not a stoner and with glasses, but he looks just like him, he's Korean and everything.

Student #1 (in another math class): What are you studying in math?
Student #2: Limits. They don;t exist.

Student: Can we leave the answer in that form?
Teacher: Sure. I'm easy, not many people would admit that.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Teacher: In a lockdown, the number one rule is, "DOn't opem the door." Even if it's someone who went to the bathroom, even if it's the dean, don't open the door.
Student: What if it's Jesus?

Student #1: I was watchin Forest Gump last night, and-
Student #2: Don't ruin it for me! I've never seen it.
Student #3: You've never seen Forest Gump? You're not a real American!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

In Physics

Teacher: How do you say image in Spanish?
Student: La image. (pronounced la im-ah-hay)
Teacher: Okay, donde es la image? La image esta alli. (draws image on graph)
Student #2: Why are you speaking German?

After the class just changed seats:
Student #1: I hate it here in the back.
Teacher: Do you need to sit in front so you can see?
Student: No.
Girl sitting next to her: Yes she does.
Student#1: No I don't.
Student #2: Yes she does.
Student #1: No, I don't.
Student #2: Yes she does!!!

Teacher: So that's fiber optics.
Student: Is that how we have light sabers?

Teacher: You have specular reflective planes, mirrors, in your bedrooms, your bathrooms, where else...
Student #1: Attics!
Student #2: Swimming pools.

Discussing rainbows.
Teacher: So the sun is the light source for the ones you see in the sky when it rains-
Student: What about at night?
Teacher: You see rainbows at night?
Student: Yes!!
Teacher: Well, what's the light source?
Student: I don't know, I'm asking you!!!

Teacher: How do you test if your sunglasses are polarized?
Student: Look into the sun.

Teacher: This type of lens can only make upright, virtual images that are smaller than the object.[students are talking] [Student], what type of images can this lens make?
Student: Uh, virtual.
Teacher: Virtual, go on.
Student: Virtual images!

Teacher: If I were to make the sun disappear with my Harry Potter powers-
Student: They can't do that!!!

The swim team is leaving class to go to a swim meet.
Student: Bye!
Student #2:Good luck!
Student #3: Break a leg!
Student #4: Don't drown!

Teacher: What happens if you listen to loud music over time?
Student: You die!

Teacher: What is sound?
Student: Waves.
Teacher: What kind of waves?
Student: Sound waves!

Teacher: In a band, first chair is a coveted position.
Student: Is it more comfy?

Teacher: It's hard to make sounds under water, but there are animals that make sounds under water. Anybody know any?
Student #1: Whales.
Student #2: Dolphins.
Student #3: Dori!

Teacher: Whales used to be able to sing to each other from thousands of miles away. But they can't anymore. Anyone know why?
Student #1: Pollution.
Student #2: It's too expensive.

In Math

Student #1: What's your name?
Student #2: Domingo.
Student #1: Like the fruit???

Teacher: I will have some horizontal asymptope action.
Student: That sounds dirty.

Teacher: So the limit as X approaches C DNE because the RHL DNE the LHL.
Student #1: So many letters!
Student #2: If you read the answers to this homework over the phone, the CIA would wiretap you.

In Spanish

Student tries to translate, Do you prefer that I turn on the air conditioning?
Teacher: Do you prefer for me to turn you on? No! You prefer for me to turn the air conditioner on.
(a miniute later, to another student): No, you don't prefer for me to get on top of you.

In History

Student: They're, like, a monopoly charity, They take over everything!