Some Fun and Out-of-Context Quotes 2008: The year in review

In celebration of the new year, I've decided to go through and pick out my favorite quotes from all of 2008. To make it more dramatic, I think I'll count them down, then give out some awards at the end:

12. "This is a classroom copy."
-Mr. Stibitz on LTUAE

11. "I don't like that Smartboard. That Smartboard makes you dumb."
-Mr. Stibitz

10. "Sleep. Friends. School. Pick two."
-IA Proverb

9. "That's what technology's all about, I've figured it out. It's not whether you do it right or wrong, it's if it's in the mood for it."
-Mrs. Saxsma

8. "80 percent of students who earn an IB diploma in high school graduate from a four-year university within six years."
-Mr. IB on the 6th paragraph of this article

7. "No...because I don't know what it means."
-Mr. Stibitz on me asking, "In Soviet Russia, can bathroom go to YOU??"

6. "I would say you could sit on me but, like, you can't."
-Marie

5. "I am so prepared today it's sickening."
-Mr. Stibitz on finally bringing the candy he promised us two weeks ago

4. "I wanna go up to my parents and say 'Your generation did this on a TV set and a box the size of my head!'"
-Caitlin S. on playing Pong on the iPod Touch

3. "You have been banished to the outside of the atom. You stay in your valence electrons- the nucleus is ours."
Mr. Giromini on chemistry

2. "And let me guess, you don't feel like looking it up."
-Mr. Giromini on the word 'apathetic'


Awards time!

Most out-of-context:
"Stibitz- that's what they're telling me."
-Mr. Stibitz on his name

Most Random:
"I don't know why physics problems so often involve monkeys on sleds, but they do."
-Mr. Giromini on animal testing

Most true to the speaker's view of LTUAE:
"Anything becomes awkward if you think about it long enough."
-Mr. Giromini

Most Groundbreaking:
"I don't know about you guys, but I think I'm pretty normal."
-Moose on inspiring the Fun and Out-of-Context Quotes section

Best interpretation of a school subject (we have a tie!):
"Either put that meterstick down or make it look like you're doing science!"
-Mr. Giromini

"It's not all that important. But the point is if you wanted to do it you could."
-Mrs. Hessler on calculus

AND NOW... Best overall quote:

1. "Trees are meant to die for your education. It's their purpose in life, except for the oxygen thing."
-Mr. Giromini on wasting paper


Congrats to Mr. Giromini for capturing the top three spots, but remember that the ones who won awards aren't counted in that...so it's bittersweet. Also congrats to Mr. Giromini for holding the most places in this post (6) and to Mr. Stibitz for a close second place (5). Well done to (in no particular order) Mrs. Hessler, Mrs. Saxsma, Big Moose, Caitlin, Marie, and of course Mr. IB for making it into this post, and to Amisha, Gabe, Mr. Majask, Kelsi, Sra. Riggs, Billy, Hania, Sudheer, Alan, Bri, Lizzy, Shane, Ray, Mr. Lyons, Bill Gates, and Winnernerd for making the SFAOOCQ cut. See you in 2009!