Group Projects

My kids are working on a Geometry video in class right now. In one group there is a 6th grader that has been bumped into my 7th grade math class, and then two other lazy boys. The other day I was explaining to the 6th grader how to record his voice over the slideshow to make a movie and he had this to say to me:
"I'm just going to have to do it all because that one kid hasn't even been here and that ORANGE-HAIRED kid took 15 minutes to record and did it all wrong!"
Glad to know he knows his classmates names 6 months into the school year.

Bible

quote from a student: "there was only one movie that made me go grab my bible, and that was the exorcist!"

Pi or Pie?

We were discussing decimals in class today, here's a conversation that came up.
Me: Pi is an example of a decimal that goes on forever but does not repeat.
Student 1: But who made pi?
Me: Well, no one made pi, it was discovered....
Student 2 interrupting me and more just talking to himself: I've made pie!

Politics

Overheard a kid saying this last November right after Obama was elected.
Student: "I heard Obama is really Muslim but is hiding it because it's illegal for the President to be Muslim."
Not so much funny, as scary on so many levels.

Birds and the Bees

This is from a friend who teaches sex ed:
After she explained the mechanics of the egg being fertilized she asked if there was any questions. One little boy shot his hand up: "But I don't get how the sperm gets into the vagina."
All students die laughing, then one kid says, "He's serious. He asked last year and they wouldn't tell him."

Absolute Value

Question in vocab section of test: What is the definition of absolute value?
Student's response: seven

Thinking

Student 1: “I hate using the calculator it takes so long to type the numbers in.”
Student 2: “It’s better than thinking.”
I smack my forehead.