Students

Male student orientation leader: Hi, did you masturbate today?
Female student orientation leader: Yes, I did!

–Orientation, Baruch College

College student to slow-ass friends, during morning rush hour commute: Hurry up! I’m holding open the doors for you!
Conductor: I’m very upset about this.

–6 Train

Overheard by: wb

Girl with clipboard: Excuse me, do you have a moment for gay rights?
College guy, not stopping: I love lesbian porn!

–116 & Broadway

Professor: Wow, you looked so tough! Like Michael Jackson in “Beat it”!
Male student: … That wasn’t tough.
Professor: Exactly!

–Brooklyn

Overheard by: Loli/Angie

English teacher: So, have you ever gone with your class to The Met?
Bimbette art student: I don’t do things.

–Pratt Institute

Overheard by: traPt (ashamed to be an art student)

Professor: So REM stands for “Rapid Eye Movement”.
Befuddled girl: Then why isn’t it called “RIM”?

–Psychology Lecture, City College

Student #1: Can you drink rubbing alcohol?
Teacher: No. If you do, you will die.
Student #2: Unless you’re Irish.

–Classroom, Edward R. Murrow Highschool, Brooklyn

Overheard by: anonymous

Male student: I think it was just like… quiet racism.
Exuberant black teacher, whispering: Nigga!

–ICE High School, 16th St & 1st Ave

Overheard by: Lady-Bastard

Professor: So your answer is “Yes”?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Ok. Well, let me tell you that the shorter and more accurate answer is “No”.

–Vanderbilt Hall, NYU

Overheard by: don cheetah

5th grader on school trip on train: I wanna sit down!
Teacher, in southern accent: Well I want a small ass but thats not happening either now is it?!

–4 Train

Overheard by: Brandon E.