Teachers

Teacher discussing domain and range: Alright, here’s a good way to look at it. Okay, so think of the number four as a child. And two is its father, because two squared is four. But wait, couldn’t negative two squared also be four? That’s why you need to limit the domain to be ‘X is greater than zero.’
Girl student #1: So, the moral of the story is to keep your housewife away from the mailman?
Teacher: Uh…
Girl student #2: Oh my god! My mailman is so hot!

High school
Florida

Teacher on phone: But [Matt], it’s just the sound of a gun. The audience won’t even see it!…Not even the sound effect?…Are you kidding me?…So, what, we’re not allowed to do Hamlet now because somebody has to die in the end?…I know they don’t use real swords; we aren’t using a real gun!…How is anyone supposed to die?

2155 Napier Avenue
Macon, Georgia

Spanish teacher to students: Now for those of you who do not know a sandwich is: two pieces of bread with one or two objects in between them, and is eaten as a snack.

Loveland, Colorado

Overheard by: Aristide

Professor #1: I need some furniture for my new house, but everything here is so weird and expensive.
Professor #2: You should go up to Pennsylvania. The Amish hand-make very nice furniture, and it’s not that bad price-wise.
Professor #1: The Amish… okay. Do they deliver?

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

At little boy spills his drink. The supervisor hands him a mop

Supervisor: Now go clean up the mess you made. This will teach you what you’ll be doing when you grow up.

20410 Highway 46 W
Spring Branch, Texas

Tennis instructor to day-campers: You were special last year. You are not special anymore. If you still suck this year, leave these courts.

Birchwood Swim & Tennis Club
Chappaqua, New York

Overheard by: rachel kieffer

Biology professor: You can’t just come up with your own hypotheses!

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

Teacher: Does anyone know what Sputnik was?
Student: That’s, like, a dog, right?

High school
Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Kong

Teacher: Okay, so now that you know the basic rules of the computer lab, I have to ask you one more question… Do any of you ever check out the NMBLA website? [Silence.] Well I do, frequently. I want to know who the enemy is. Also, I like to look at the new Russian brides on Fridays.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Cupcake1

Professor: I like nuns. Nuns taught me to the play the clarinet. So I love nuns!

Suffolk County Community College, New York

Overheard by: Rachel