Quotes from previous years can be found here: 2013-2014, 2014-2015
Outside my [open] classroom door (which is nevertheless treated like a magical barrier to sound):
Unknown:
I think Miz Middling is my second favorite teacher.
Me: You know, I can hear you
out there.
Kid:
...Miz Middling is my VERY FAVORITE TEACHER EVER.
"Can I cite my dad as a source? He's old."
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Me (talking about the
Northwest Passage): ...So they decided to try sailing west instead of east.
Because, as you may recall, the earth is round.
Kid: But... is it,
though? Because it feels flat.
Me: Yes. The earth is
definitely, definitely round.
Kid: Ok... but why
don't we fall off?
Me: Well, because of
gravity.
Kid: Oh. I forgot about
gravity.
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Kid: Oh, that's a cool project (other student) did! And that's a LOT of a hot
glue. Hot glue's so great. It works for everything. I used it on my project
too.
Me:
Yeah, it's pretty useful.
Kid: But it tastes really gross. And it can also burn your mouth.
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"Miz
Middling, where is the pencil charger?"
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Kid
1: Where in the book is the map of where all the tribes lived?
Me:
Chapter 3. Kind of the beginningish middlish part of the chapter.
Kid
2: Beginningish middlish? What does that mean exactly?
Me, holding up my hands:
So if this (left hand) is the beginning, and--
Kid 2: Oh! You mean, like, the
brunch part of the chapter!
Me: Exactly.
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A child chose the nickname "Puberty Boy" for a class game. Of course.
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Kid: "Oh, I
didn't see that. My eyes got in the way."
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8th grade leader: Ok, you guys have to get together with a partner. This time you can
choose your own partner.
He
watches as the 6th graders cluster up-- 5 boys together and 3 girls together.
8th grade leader: No, no. Partners.
No
one moves. He sighs deeply.
8th grade leader: This is middle school. You have to learn
to abandon your friends.
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6th
grader: "...and I wear more pink than most boys. So, my spirit animal is
an octopus."
Me:
"You know what's funny? For a long time, pink was for boys and blue was
for girls. It's only fairly recently, historically speaking, that it flipped.
Isn't that interesting?"
<Moment
of thoughtful silence from the class>
Same 6th grader: "Well. You know. I'm kind of
recent."
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