Here's a selection of some of the best quotes from teachers I wrote down from my 2 week observation at Oak Bay High. Some are funny, some are serious. But they are all very insightful. Enjoy.
Teacher: “Do you remember what we did last week?”
Student: “Wha?”
Teacher: “When someone asks you a question that you don't understand, you don't
say 'Wha', you say 'Pardon'”
“Guys, you have to learn what chivalry is. It's very important. Ladies always go first”
“All that matters is what you learn. Making mistakes is o.k.”
“EXCELLENT! FANTASTIC! HIGH-FIVES ALL AROUND!”
“Good rapport works way better than a good lesson plan”
Teacher 1: “I smell burning, have you been burning something?”
Teacher 2. “I haven't burned anything yet today. Well, except for that one late student”
“Is this making any sense to you guys? No? Not really? Ok, just forget it”
“Homework. I don't assign a lot of it. Generally the kids who do it are the ones who don't need it, and the ones that don't are the ones who need it most. It's flawed.”
“ I am going to ask you to read that one more time. But this time just a little bit... better.”
“I am not super keen on the plot of this book. Not all us men are bastards.”
“You walk into my class late, making a distraction, with no excuse, DURING a quiz?! Sit down and be quite. You're getting a zero.”
“I want the answer to this one, and I am going to wait till I get it. Cause I know one of you has it in you”
“Don't forget, kids mature!”
“Did you actually just start that sentence with 'Ummmmmmm'?!”
“Guys, I am not gonna lie to you. I don't know the answer to that one”
That's about it! Why not add some of the quotes you picked up during observation in the comments?
TEACHER: Don't you just fucking hate it when kids don't put their names on their goddamn homework?
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TEACHER: Has anybody smelled sulphur before? It doesn't smell good. You don't go out and buy sulphur perfume. Like... chanel #... 666. Hahah. Oh, that's good. Why didn't I say that in my last class?
(Teacher then spends a few minutes writing the joke down in the margin of his copy of Paradise Lost)
ME: Hey, like my new shoes?
TEACHER 1: Yeah, very snazzy.
TEACHER 2: Those are real teacher shoes.
ME: They have a funny little air bubble that poofs down when I walk.
TEACHER 1: You'd better hope it doesn't burst and sound like you're farting whenever you walk.
TEACHER 2: But then they'd REALLY be teacher shoes!
Wow!!! Best Blog of the seminar hands down.
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