What My Students Said Thread

Me: What’s the next closet Sun to the Earth?
Vicky: Proxima Centauri (no shit, we learned this last week)
Me, trying to throw a curveball: What’s the closet MOON to Earth?
Stephen: Coco’s head.

:notworthy:

Me: My CD collection is mostly dead people (I meant classical stuff)
Student: Kurt Cobain?

From a recent vocabulary quiz:

The question: Many large western cities have special neighborhoods where Chinese people live. There are Chinese restaurants and shops. It is called ____________________________.

The correct answer: Chinatown

The answer the student wrote: garbage dump


Kindy class

Me: O O Awh Awh Awh Octopus.
litte christine: cah-tuh-Pus…pus… pussy pussy pussy.

[quote]Me: O O Awh Awh Awh Octopus.
litte christine: cah-tuh-Pus…pus… pussy pussy pussy.[/quote]

coffee
spew
keyboard

4th grade class.

Me: What does “cast a spell” mean?
Milly: I know! “C-A-S-T!”
:laughing:

In my junior high writing class we were doing a little practice with reported speech. I gave the students a kick off sentence and then they’d have to report what the other student had just told them. The class is full of pretty sharp-witted kids.

Kick off sentence for Eric:
Eric: I will meet you after class for a cup of coffee.
Shea: He told me he would meet me after class for a cup of coffee.
Teacher: What did you tell him Shea?
Shea: In your next life.
Teacher: What did you say to that Eric?
Eric: I told him I’d see him soon.

Me: How dark is it?
Him: Blacker than white

Me: is it finite or infinite?
Him: very infinite