April 02, 2006
working for a living
I'm going to work tomorrow to substitute teach, fully prepared to write down a whole bunch of bizarre things that people say.
Here are my recent quotations.
From one funny guy: "European handball? I don't want to play that. I want to play hockey! She can play with her own hand."
A fellow was talking about something important to him, although I didn't understand what. He was kind of beefy. Maybe that explains it.
"I was up all day Thursday doing pushups!
"On the roof!
"Of the house!"
And then student number two made me laugh with his grasp of the kind of attitude a person needs to get ahead. (I'm not sure what the attitude is, but I would be he's right about what it isn't.)
Teacher-You don't like this? You'd rather graph? Algebra's easier!
Student 1-grumble
Student 2-You need to stop complaining. You're never going to make it with that attitude.
People are so funny! I could people watch for a very long time!
...oh yeah, I'm going to work to teach, too.
