Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Overheard at School
During a test the students had to measure something in centimeters. I passed out rulers, but during the test a student raised her had and said, "Mr. …, this ruler doesn't have centimeters." I get her another ruler and take the other one back. I look at it and see english on top, metric on bottom, just like all the others. I point at the metric side and say, "It has centimeters." She said, "No, it only has millim…, oh."
AP students were talking about a TV show.
One of the smarter ones asks, "When is it on?"
Other: "It's on Nick-at-Nite."
Smarty: "What channel is that?"
Other: "It's NICK-at-Nite. It's on NICK-elodean."
An announcement comes over the loudspeaker announcement system. As the announcer is doing the Wal-Mart Hang-up (you know, where they clatter the phone into the cradle while it's still live on the loudspeaker) you hear a voice that must have been right next to him say, "What was that you just announced?"
