After a student got an invitation to a formal school event, her friend told her that he went last year and the food was whack. I explained how it was good food, but fancy food that she might not be used to. Her response: “Fancy food? You mean I’m gonna eat white people food?”
i'm a middle school teacher in a urban public school district. the students i work with say some crazy-ass shit - some hilarious, and some just downright messed up. here is the best of the best!
Ask me anything
April 27, 2012
April 24, 2012
“I’m valid and you’re salad!”
April 5, 2012
Miss, what’s a dragon queen?
April 4, 2012
Kid 1: Every time I laugh at someone something bad happens.
Me: Maybe that’s because you shouldn’t be laughing at people! Have you ever heard of karma??
Kid 1: What?! Karma’s a store!
Kid 2: No… Karma is a club on the Jersey Shore!
March 27, 2012
Screaming: My ball’s attached to my leg!! I gotta stretch them out!!
March 8, 2012
Kid: [whining]I don’t wanna write, yo!
Me: Can you please speak a little more appropriately for school?
Kid: Like what? Yo?
Me: Yep.
Kid: Miss, I live in the hood.
March 5, 2012
March 1, 2012
Overheard in the hallway…
“You’re going to ghetto hell!!”
March 1, 2012
“When is leprechaun day??”
[otherwise known as St. Patrick’s Day]
February 27, 2012
