From the mouths of babes

"Mr. F, I'm glad you're not a regular teacher. Because I give all my regular teachers a hard time, but you teach music, so it's cool."

Their words

After listening to some Gregorian chant, students were asked to write, using musical terms, whether or not they enjoyed the music...

"I don't like it, it has no hip-hop to it"


"It's iight. I can go 2 sleep 2 it."

And my personal favorite:

"No because there is no harmony and the dynamics is too soft also the tempo is really slow you can't get your head bumpin with it.

One Liners

From the mouths of students:

"I'm glad someone invented sleep. If we didn't sleep, we'd be tired all the time."
(Said during a discussion on the importance of sleep)



"Who is Christopher Columbus?"
(After asking a group of HIGH SCHOOL students what they did to celebrate Christopher Columbus Day)




"What is Chlamydia?"
(Asked without a prompt in science class)

The truth shall set you free

Overheard at school today:

"I can't sing. I'm not a singer, that's why I'm a musician."

Be careful what you wish for

Each teacher in my school must have a bulletin board outside of their classroom with demonstrates of student achievement. Outside of the seventh grade English and Language Arts classroom, I read what may be the best leading sentence since "A Tale of Two Cities":


"It was September 5th and me and my friend were making of this special ed kid from our block"


The narrative concludes by emphasizing the importance of always sticking by your friends.