the things kids say...

here are some of the things my students have said in class to me (6th and 8th grade)

j: "i don't have my homework - s (another student) stole it from me to copy my answers"
(shocking because j's answers are almost always wrong)

o: "i didn't know we had homework"
(yes you did, i told you in class and it was posted online)

o: "i didn't know there were questions on the back of the sheet of homework"
(meaning you never picked up the sheet of paper)

n: "i don't need to take notes, i know all of this already"
(i offered to give him a pop quiz the next class)

n: "i'll take a pop quiz next class, i know all of this"
(not sure if it was the embarrassment of not knowing the answer when i stumped him with an unjustly hard question, or if my offering to quiz the whole class on his behalf is what inspired him to take out his notebook and take notes)

j: "you have cool sneakers"
(thanks)