Students often make very memorable pronouncements and propose unique inquiries. What follows is a sampling of their truly creative quips.
2009-2010: Core Comm., All the Time
“I have the attention span of potato – not a cheerleader,” unknown, period 4.
“Lewis and Clark is his last name,” TF, period 4, considering the comments of JL two years prior.
“She told me my hair looked nice, and I don’t doubt it, because it was in the morning,” JO, period 4, remembering the highlight of his mock interview experience.
2008-2009: First Year at EAHS
“It’s elbow pit time!” DM, period 1, during a rousing game of Balderdash
“Abi, why are you on the floor?” DM, period 1, during a laughing fit.
“Google makes you dumber,” JR, period 2.
“Google makes me feel lucky,” period 2.
“Isn’t Andrew Jackson on American Idol?” AK, period 4.
“I have a garden.” CM, period 3A.
“I am Tony Gibson.” OR, period 3A.
“You cannot have a circular globe.” GT, period 2, discussing Shakespeare’s theater.
2007-2008: Middle School Daze
“We ah wicked smaht!” SG, period 2, basking in success while mocking Mr. Adams’s Boston accent.
“Mr. Adams, I always thought that ‘A.D.’ stands for ‘After Dinosaurs!’” GR, period 6, in a moment of historical revelation.
“Who’s Pablo Picasso? Oh! Picasso! I didn’t know Picasso had a first name,” JL, period 4.
* “Lewis and Clark!” DA, period 4, reminding JL of JL’s earlier name-misunderstanding (see below).
* “He’s Italian?” JL, showing off further knowledge of Picasso.
“I know. I’m smart, ain’t I?” DA, period 4, enjoying a proud moment of discovery in class.
“I want to be famous,” KR, period 5, jealous that SD got to be on the website just for arguing that he liked reading.
“Reading is fun,” SD, period 5, who formerly only liked to look at the pictures.
“The Red Sox stink.” A period 5 Yankees “fan,” who apparently has not been paying attention to baseball since the Yankees last won the World Series in 2000 while the Sox have won in 2004 and 2007.
“I hate this game.” DK, period 6, recognizing that the “game” we were playing was actually educational in nature.
“In four years we’ll be seniors. We’ll get senior discounts!” BB, period 1, on February 29, 2008.
“Did Sacagewea have a first name?” JL, reflecting proudly on the Lewis and Clark quip below.
“Oh! The ‘P’ stands for ‘Pennsylvania’!” JL, period 4, discovering the awful truth about PSSA.
“REJECT!” EB’s exclamation (period 4) when Mr. Adams said that prepositional phrases need a preposition and a type of word ending with “-ject”.
MW, period 5, about an editing exercise that required students to identify weak writing style: “Did you write these sentences?” SG, in response, clearly thinking about something not related to CommArts: “No, he licked them.”
“I wonder who actually gets on his website to see what we’ve said.” AK, period 1, while looking at this page.
“The Red Sox STINK!” Various students, apparently discussing their laundry problems, as the Boston Red Sox had won the World Series the day before.
“I eat paper. It’s just like chewing gum, almost, except you don’t get to blow bubbles.” BH, period 5
“Yesterday I jumped in the shower with my socks on. I did it on purpose, just to see what would happen.” AK, period 1.
“Loop, swoop, and pull. I got it … wait! I forget what I have to do to tie my shoe.” AK, period 1, during an activity that had nothing to do with tieing shoes.
“Wait! Isn’t all mustard yellow?” GR, period 6.
“A pronoun is a noun that has lost its amateur status.” JM, period 5.
“The Patriots stink!” DJ, period 6, two days before the Patriots improved to 2-0 by destroying the Chargers, 38-14.
“Lewis and Clark … I don’t remember their last names … They didn’t have last names!” JL, period 4.