1. 1 month ago 
    A student’s very blunt response to the significance of a quote from Morrison’sBeloved

    A student’s very blunt response to the significance of a quote from Morrison’sBeloved

     
  2. 1 month ago 
    "GIMME DAT HOT SAUCE!"
    - Stacey King, on Kyle Korver
  3. 1 month ago 

    But You’re So…y’know…

    [student is looking through my iTunes, where I stash a collection of Jay Z, Kanye, Kid Cudi, Lupe]

    Student 2: But uh, where’s all of your…y’know…
    Me: White person music?
    Student 2: Yeah.
    Me: Oh it’s there.  See, right there, Maroon 5.

  4. 1 month ago 

    Delayed Questions

    Me:Anyway kids, I was doing 50 in a 35, so I got a speeding ticket.  Oh well.
    Student: Wait, so what was the ticket for? Speeding?
    Me: Yes.  [class turns & looks at him]

  5. Notes: 1478 / 1 month ago  from teachingliteracy (originally from aseaofquotes)
    aseaofquotes: Tana French, The Likeness

    aseaofquotes:

    Tana French, The Likeness

     
  6. Notes: 2907 / 1 month ago  from teachingliteracy (originally from thingssheloves)
     
  7. Notes: 1872 / 1 month ago  from kari-shma
    "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
    - William Shakespeare (via kari-shma)

    (Source: kari-shma)

  8. 7 months ago 

    I’m never sharing again.

    Me: Then we broke up.  But that was my 16th birthday.
    Student A: Was that after you started turning cute?
    Student B: Was that after the head gear?
    Student C: Did you still have the back brace?
    Me: Forget it.  I’m never sharing stories again. 

  9. 7 months ago 

    Don’t insult me.

    Student A: Hey, what class you got next?
    Student B: You know what class I have.  You walk me every day.
    Student A: You right.
    Me: Aww, do I hear that you’re being a gentleman?
    Student A: Don’t say that Ms. Nham, I am not being a gentleman. 

  10. 7 months ago 

    No fun. Ever.

    Student: So is it going to be our Homecoming?
    Me: Well no, not exactly, it’s the Harvest Dance. 
    Student: But it’s formal?
    Me: Yeah.
    Student: So why can’t we call it a Homecoming?
    Me: Who is coming home?
    Student: This school won’t have any fun until we’re gone.

  11. 7 months ago 
    "I think I’m going to go as a slave."
    - A student’s thought on “Throwback Day” for Spirit Week
  12. 7 months ago 
    "We’re going to try something new. Anytime a thought pops into your head, instead of saying it, just swallow it. Shhhhh."
    - My advice to 8th hour
  13. 7 months ago 

    All White Parties

    Student: Have you ever gone to an all white party?
    Me: No, I can't say that I have.
    Student 2: I wouldn't go, that'd be the day I miss my mouth and spill on myself.
    Me: Same, that seems too risky.
    Student: I would want to go, all that fist-pumping!
    Me: I don't think that's specific to an all white party...
    Student: What do you mean? That's how all white people dance.
  14. 7 months ago 
    "Hey, I need the bread for the cookie dough."
    - A student that I bought cookie dough from to support his football team
  15. Notes: 1 / 8 months ago 

    How do you even know that?

    Me: You guys know what today is?…
    Class: …it’s our anniversary! (to the sound of Tony Toni Tone’s “Anniversary”)
    Me: How do you guys even know that song? You’re all too young.
    Student: How do you know that song? You’re too Asian!

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