September 7, 2003: Honorable Mentions
This week's Honorable Mentions:"[There are] three things I want you to think about. Teachers start off by saying there's three things, then they figure out what they are." -Mr. Young, on the first day of U.S. History
"Anorexic, maybe, but not bulimic. I haven't thrown up since I was ten." -Joanna, on her eating habits
"I haven't thrown up since I last saw Byun-Hung Kim pitch against the Yankees." -Miller, in response to Joanna
"St. Augustine said, 'Give me the patience to accept what I cannot change.' Augustine was a dweeb." -Joanna's father
"Freak out. Go buy me some pastries. Whatever." -Ms. Nulty, on how to use periods in which Biology class has been cancelled
"Kids would always ask about things like the Salem Witch Trials... or minor things like the American Constitution." -Mr. Young, on teaching U.S. History
"They say it on Fox. Why can't I say it here?" -Mr. Phillips, on the word "bitch"
"Lady, that transfer is four months old, and those things are good for two hours." -MBTA Bus driver, telling a poor old lady that she couldn't get on the bus with an April bus transfer
"Are you kidding? We're from WOOSTAH. We brought our guns." -Kacey, sailing coach from Worcester, in response to the question "Did you bring your pliers?" when somebody needed a hole punched in a boat
"I don't wanna talk about God, I wanna talk about drugs." -Some kid at Sunday School
"I don't think the last year's textbook showed enough of the positive accomplishments of the Democratic American tradition... if you want to call it that." -Mr. Young
"She has muscles I haven't even heard of. She's the Michael Vick of dogs." -Ry, on his dog Lela. (Michael Vick is an incredibly athletic football player.)
"Whatever. I think they're all named Shirley and Bob, and they've changed their names to protect their identities." -Roz's mom, after mispronouncing the names of Microcenter service people such as "Aleyah", "Mamadou", and "Nikolai"
"I always get all excited when I get my schedule. Now I'll embarrass myself with my 'schedule dance.' You don't have a schedule dance? Well, you can make one. And then we can dance and make fools of ourselves. Just like any other day." -Micheline, to me, on the possibility of not getting our class schedules until the first day of school
"It's always good to start off the year with Cannibalism." -Mr. Young
"I wrote one. It was about regret. It wasn't very happy." -Alex, on eighth grade graduation speeches
-QOTW Management
