Mar 31

[Mr. Tobin's class is discussing WWI]

Mr. Tobin: "...Woodrow Wilson."

Robert: "Maan, who the fff is Woodrow Wilson?"

Mr. Tobin: "He was the president during WWI."

Robert: "That was like two-hundred-million years ago."

Mr. Tonin: "Close."

Robert: "Wasn't my president."

Mar 30

[at the end of class]

Mr. Sebacher: "Alright everyone--sit down.  Class is not over yet."

Evan: "I'm finna rotate out this jam."

Mr. Sebacher: "Can anyone translate?"
Jacquez: "He's finna be a paper doll."

Mr. Sebacher: "A paper do--"

Jacquez: "He's finna to cut out."

Mr. Sebacher: "Ah.  Very clever."

Mar 30

Mr. Sebacher: "...and so you see, Petrarch really re-invented, or re-discovered the Western concept of love as we know it."

Alexis: "Mr. Sebacher, we never know what you're saying."

Mr. Sebacher: "Now you know how I feel."

Alexis: "Mr. Sebacher you tweakin'."

Tierra: "Pssh. Man, you a LAME!"

Mr. Sebacher: "Exactly."

Mar 24

Robert: "You're so smart, can you spell 'finna' [sic]?"
Mr. Sebacher: "What?"
Robert: "F-I-N-A. Beat you. Now who's smart?"
Mr. Sebacher: "What's going on?"

Mar 24

Mr. Tobin: "WWI trenches could be hundreds of miles long. This is where soldiers hid--they spent months in a trench. They got wet and dirty and infested with rats. Men lived there, slept there, there were compartments to eat and sleep."
Robert: "I need one of those."

Mar 24

Deandre: "Maaan, Mr. Tobin, you didn't give me any candy for my birfday, you just gave me fifteen cent."

Mar 24

Ringa: "Man, chess is the game. I learnt that on the computer when I was in Iowa."
[I don't know why this is so funny.]