Things Teenagers Say: Volume 52

Join me today for Volume 52 of Things Teenagers Say. This is my regular round-up of the crazy and memorable things I hear my students say in class. 

Things Teenagers Say

Basketball season is my favorite because I get my abs back.

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I thought it was someone who loved me, but it was just my phone company saying “Hi.”

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Me: We are about to watch my most favorite video ever.
Student: Is it a video of a chicken wearing sweatpants?
Me: That would be a no.

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Whoever made this was the da Vinci of our generation.

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It feels like there is a stomach monster curling up inside of me.

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If you’re a slacker, then I’m a snail.

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Student 1: The water in the bathroom tastes like tomatoes.
Student 2: Thank you for saying that. I told that to someone, and they thought I was stupid.

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You left toast in my bed!

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Does anyone else really want mesquite barbeque chips right now, or is it just me?

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Mr. Carter is a line master. His lines are always perfectly straight!

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Student 1: I like your twitter profile pic, Mrs. Carter!
Me: Thanks! I like it, too.
Student 2: It’s a cute picture of you. I think I’m going to make that my phone background.

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Me: Are you guys glad to have a catch-up day?
Student: I prefer mustard.

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Me: Does anyone have an answer?
Student: I have an eyebrow ache.

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Student 1: You better act right today or we will have homework.
Student 2: I will. I’m not POed today. Do you know what POed means? Pancake Offspring.

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After explaining that we need to get y by itself…
Student: Why does y always have to be single?

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Student: Why are your feet more tan than the rest of your body?
Me: It’s called pantyhose. Let’s get back to Algebra.
Rest of Class: I noticed that, too!

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(While discussing the job of cleaning windows of skyscrapers)
A bird
could hit you in the side, and you’d need a kidney replacement.

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Student: So, how’d you end up in Drumright?
Me: They gave me a job.
Student: If I was a school, I would give you a job.

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Mrs. Carter, you actually look cute today!

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What did you get for Christmas? Obviously not a hairbrush.

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Which mathematician figured out that if you divide by zero that the world explodes? Was it Jeff the Mathematician?

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Me: What does the word linear make you think of?
Student: A linear eclipse!

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Student 1: Are your yellow posters made out of 2 different colors of paper?
Me: Yes. I didn’t realize it until I laminated them.
Student 2: Don’t point out Mrs. Carter’s mistakes.
Student 3: I think we should point out her mistakes because she doesn’t make them often.

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You are a good listener. You would make a great psychiatrist.

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Student 1: Your 2 in 320 looks weird.
Student 2: It’s super curvy.
Student 3: Like Mrs. Carter!

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Student 1: What is a parallelogram?
Student 2: It’s like a pentagon but with one more side.

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Mrs. Carter, is that cheese you are eating? That’s illegal.

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Mrs. Carter, I started following you on twitter. You posted a picture of the back of my head and it wasn’t brushed.

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Science describes math as a tool, but math is an art.

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Want to read more things teenagers say? Check out previous volumes here. 

Recent Volumes of Things Teenagers Say

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  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 61
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 60
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 59
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 58
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 57
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 56
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 55
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 54
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 53
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 52
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 51
• 
  Things Teenagers Say: Volume 50