.out of order.

Lunch Table

6th grader: (banging spoon on top of yogurt container) "Order in the court, order! Court is now in session. Number one, why is the locker room so hot?! Number two, can I have a screwdriver to break into a locker?"

Me: "This court needs a bailiff to take you out of here, Judge."

6th grader: (Dracula laugh)

.high school is going to be awesome.

In the Hallway


8th grader 1 to High Schooler: "Are you wearing a dress?!"

High Schooler: "NO, it is a bath robe."

8th grader 1: "Oh, cool."

8th grader 2 to 8th grader 1 (whispering): "I can't wait 'til High School."

.live show.

Middle School Hallway

Girls listening to some girl pop song on a laptop.

Girl 1: "Oh my gosh, I was at her concert once and you know how she has that song about girls are beautiful even though they are fat?! She looked right at me and I freaked out!"

.heavy night.

Lunch Table

6th grader: "Have you ever been to Jake's?"

Me: "No, what is that?"

6th grader: "It is this place that sells fatty foods, like burgers and wings."

Me: "Sounds like my kind of place!"

6th grader: "My friend ate there once. He weighed 80 pounds when he ate there. The next day he weighed 95 pounds."

Me: "He gained 15 pounds over night?!"

6th grader: "He had a burger, wings and a half of thing of nachos, but the nachos had like 20 pounds of cheese on it."

Me: "Sounds like my kind of place!"

.capture that.

Middle School Computer Lab

8th Graders are working on projects where they are taking pictures of the school and creating slide shows.

8th grader approaching Middle School Computer Lab teacher: (laughing at himself) "May I have a Muggle Image Capturer?!"

Me to the teacher: "Is that a thing?"

Teacher: "No."

.false information.

6th grade home room

6th grader: "I read a newspaper cover that said that they guy they thought killed JFK was really not the guy, but someone else. But I was in a 7-11, so it may not be true."

.talk to me.

Middle School Computer Lab

8th grade science class working on a project in the lab.

8th grade teacher: "I feel terrible. I am on the mend, but these antibiotics are making me feel it more."

8th grader (excited): "Are you sick?!"

8th grade teacher: "Yes."

8th grader: "Can you talk to me?"

8th grade teacher: "What?"

8th grader: "I LOVE how sick people sound. Please talk to me, please!"

.here without you.

Middle School Computer Lab

A 7th grader plays a top 40 song from the 2000's.


Me: "Nice, 3 Doors Down!"

7th grader (in disbelief that I don't know): "Five For Fighting!"

Me (looking down in shame): "Right."

.south of the border.

Middle School Computer Gaming Club

While playing Warcraft on PC's (6 computers. 3 on 3)

6th grader: "Guys, we went to a weird place in Cancun. It is called Senior Frogs, they make all the kids do the Chicken Dance."

.shhh it is sleeping...

Middle School Hallway

Two 8th grade boys are pretending to be dogs. While running on all fours, the boys abruptly fall to the ground and pretend to sleep.

8th grade girl watching (laughing) turns to a teacher: "They are pretending to be Narsolectic dogs. You know what Narsolectic means, right?!"