Emo

I walked into the college math class to find one of my students sitting in a corner, taking a test, and quietly singing "Wake Me Up When September Ends."

Truth Bomb

Student: "Can you dance like James Brown?"

Me: "Nah."

Student: "Why not?"

Me: "Do you see how pasty white I am?"

Student: "That don't mean nothin'.  You can do anything if you put your mind to it."

Me: "I like the way you think."

Oblivious

We are reviewing for our final and two of the guys in my first hour are working together.  The problem is both of them have their music turned up way too loud.  Every time they talk to each other they end up yelling.  "HEY, DUDE!  HOW DO YOU FACTOR THIS?"

The can't even hear the rest of us laughing.

The Function Slide

Me: "Because of this minus two, our function is going to move two spaces to the right."

Student: "Two hops this time!"

Distractions

*Student tapping on the desk*

Student: "I should have learned the drums."

Me: "It is never too late to learn, but not during math class."

Blunt

Student: "Hey, the band sounds pretty good inside."

Me: "Are you saying that they don't sound good when they play outside?"

Student: "Yes."

Low Point

As a teacher I am supposed to try and help all students, but some students are too far gone.

When a student comes to me and says, "I'm really into Nickleback!" there simply isn't anything I can do.

Am I in the Right Place?

As previously stated, I work in an urban school, but today I had the most suburban thing (possibly in the history of the school) happen.

In homeroom one of my students brought a ukelele, started playing the song 'Riptide', and tried to get the rest of class to sing along.

It was adorable, but it confused the hell out of most of my students.

The Number Line Slide

Me: "So, when we graph this inequality our arrow points to the right."

Student: "To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right."

Me: "And this inequality has its arrow pointing to the left."

*silence*

Me: "You could have sung the next line to that song right there."

Student: "...."

Non-required Education

I honestly get chills every time I hear a student say, "I was listening to that band you recommended.  They are really good."

Let It Go

*A large football player is singing to the frozen soundtrack*

Student: "I can't hit those high notes like I used to."

Me: "There is a reason for that."

Check Out My Hook

Any day I can seamlessly integrate Vanilla Ice's lyrics into my lesson is a good day.

No Scrubs

One of my small classes only has two guys and the rest of the class are girls.

Today the guys were listening too "No Scrubs" by T.L.C.  Both of them were singing along in unison while one of them did a little dance in his seat.

The rest of the class just stared in disbelief while I failed to control my laughter.  Neither of the guys seemed to notice.

Appropriate Dancing

*I hear one of my female students singing 'Let It Go' and look up to see her twerking against a chair. She immediately gets self conscious and stops.*

Me: "Is that how you normally dance to the Frozen soundtrack?"

Student: "Uhhhhh.......    ...yeah."

Get Pumped Up!

We are reviewing for a test today, and I noticed one of my students was listening to "Eye of the Tiger".  This student doesn't always do his work and I thought, "Yeah, he is getting into this! He is going to rock this test!"  Then he started listening to "I'll be Watching You" by The Police and I was immediately creeped out.

J. Beebs

"Man, you don't know nothin' bout that Justin Bieber.  Than n___a goes hard."

Really Into Music

Student: "Mr., do you listen to Drake?"

Me: "No"

Student: "You gotta listen to Drake.  There are those time that you just FEEL Drake."

Me: "You like to feel Drake?"

Soundtrack for the Day

Our school always plays music in the main hallway in front of our office.  This means someone made a conscious decision to play a Kenny G covers Celine Dion CD.  I'm not sure what this implies, but I can't agree with it.

Shakin' it

Student: "If you are out of salt can you shake it like a salt shaker?"

Me: "No, you have to shake it like a Polaroid picture."

Student: "Whats that?  Is that some teacher thing?"

*sigh*

Steak and Leg

Student: "Mr., Do you know how to stanky leg?"

Me: "Steak and leg?  That sounds delicious."

Student: "No, Stanky leg.  It's a dance."