(I overheard this from a school group at a theme park.)
Student: “God, these stupid lines are so long!”
Teacher: “If you don’t have anything positive to say, don’t say anything at all.”
Student: “I mean… these great lines are just long enough that we miss everything!”
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(During a heated debate in my Sociology class about the pros and cons of immigration, the discussion turned to illegal immigration.)
Student: “I pay my taxes. If I have to pay sales tax, I think they should too!”
Student: “So, like, um, you wrote on my paper that I wrote like, I, like spoke… but you only gave me two out of ten points.
Me: “You used ‘like’ 56 times and ‘that’ 87.”
Student: “Um, why is that a problem?”
Me: “It was a two-page writing assignment.”
Student: “So… um… since I talked with you, um… can I have some more points?”
