To protect student privacy I will not list student names, but if you want to know if something you read was said by your child, just contact me and I will let you know! I have kept a student quote book since I started teaching in 2006, and read it whenever I need a good laugh. I am happy to share these funny quotes with you!
4-4-19 (Yes, they seriously said all of these funny things on one day!)
Student 1, to student 2, whose nose was dripping: You're snotting.
Student 2: I don't care. At least I'm not snotting on you!
Mrs. Stickling: Why are all your d's uppercase? Are you afraid to write them lowercase?
Student: I can't because I'm sick. (fake cough) Is that a good excuse?
Mrs. Stickling: Not at all.
Mrs. Stickling: You need to study tonight.
Student: I can't, I have to go to little group.The kids play and watch movies and the parents do God stuff.
Mrs. Stickling: Do you mean small group?
Student: Yeah.
Student: How do you spell why? w-h-i? w-h-i-e?
Mrs. Stickling: (motions to the word wall)
Student: Oh, w-h-y. I was right.
Student 1: You guys are acting like kindergarteners.
Mrs. Stickling: Why do you say that?
Student 1: My mom said kindergarteners make up stories.
Student 2: My mom said that when people are lying they are telling stories. I don't think she's right.
Mrs. Stickling: She is.
Student 2: She is? Yea!
Student 3: When my brothers say I'm pushing them down, that's a story.
3-20-19
Student: Are you from the 80's?
Mrs. Stickling: Yes, 1982.
Student: That's why you're so hippie.
Mrs. Stickling: Hippies were from the 60's.
Student: Hippies! What are those?...I think my dad is from the 60's.
3-15-19
Mrs. Stickling: You rocked the socks off that assessment! Do you know what that means?
Student: It means I'm really cool.
3-14-19
Student: I like your necklace and your earrings.
Mrs. Stickling: You like my necklace?
Student: Well, if you were wearing one.
3-1-19
Student: Bad day?
Mrs. Stickling: Yeah.
Student: Why? People didn't listen to you? You had a bad night of sleep? I know! You were constipated last night!
1-11-19
Mrs. Stickling: These gloves are tricky to get on you!
Student: Because they are blue!
Student: Can you help me? My glue is going hairwire.
12-6-18
Mrs. Stickling, after rushing from one classroom to the next: Why am I exhausted at 10:30 in the morning?
Student: 'Cause you're a parent and a teacher.
12-5-18
When ISU student starts crying before we read her our goodbye letters:
Student: Have we met our objective?
Mrs. Stickling: What?
Student: You said to write her letters that would make her cry!
11-9-18
Student: Did you see me when I was gone?
Mrs. Stickling: No, you were gone.
Student: I had a pink eye!
Mrs. Stickling: I love how much you love to write. It gives me goosebumps!
Student: Actually, goosebumps are when you are cold.
1-11-17
Student, while not enjoying editing his writing: Can I go get a drink to waste time?
1-10-17
Student: Did your parents name you Mrs. Stickling?
10-17-16
Mrs. Stickling: Hey!
Student: You know my name! Hay is for horses. Grass is cheaper.
It's just that when you talk it gets mixed up with the words in my head and I get confused.
9-29-16
Miss Jeanie: Do you know your address?
Student: I don't have a dress! I have clothes.
9-28-16
Student: Jack and Jill broke his crown, United States of America.
4-28-16
Student: Can you review what I just said, because I forget things quickly.
Mrs. Stickling: Did you run here?
Student: No, I skipped.
3-12-16
Student, after falling: It's ok, I do wipeouts.
3-10-16
Student, when writing: This would go a lot faster if you told me the letters.
12-2-15
Student 1: Don't take away my baby!
Mrs. Stickling, two minutes later: Can I see your baby now?
Student 2: Did you call it his baby?
Student 1: Yes. It's my WRITING! It's like my son. I'm writing on his face.
11-23-15
Student: My thumb hurts from yesterday.
Mrs. Stickling: What did you do?
Student: I had to keep tapping on road blocks.
8-28-15
Mrs. Stickling: Did you work on your word sort last night?
Student: Yes. I fell asleep on them. When I woke up they were all slimy.
5-8-15
Mrs. Stickling: Remind me and I'll email your mom to tell her how well you did.
Student: Or you can just write it on the board because you're a easy forgetter.
3-18-15
Student: Can I go...I think I need to go...number two?
2-23-15
Mrs. Stickling: You had a super day! Is there anything special about your day that you want me to email your parents?
Student: Tell them great day and I love rock and roll!
2-19-15
Student: My throat hurts. Must be the hair I ate this morning.
1-30-15
Mrs. Stickling: Are you ready for this test?
Student: Sure! I'm ready for everything!
1-28-15
Mrs. Stickling: Wow, your brains are growing by the minute!
Student 1: Yea, mine is tougher than a brick!
Student 2: No one's brain can do that!
1-13-15
Student was bragging about how tough he is.
Mrs. Stickling: Are you invincible?
Student: I'm not invisible!
Mrs. Stickling: I said invincible.
Student: I think I am. I always wanted to be.
(I had to take the teaching moment and clarify the difference of the two!)
1-12-15
Mrs. Stickling, pointing to a picture as student prepare to read about Martin Luther King Jr: Who is that?
Student 1: Dr. Seuss
Mrs. Stickling: He is a Dr.
Student 1: What? It's almost Dr. Seuss' birthday.
Mrs. Stickling: That's in March. His name is Martin.
Student 2: Marther King Jr.
Student 3: No! Martin Luther King Jr. It says it right here.
Mrs. Stickilng: What do you know about him?
Student 1: Nothing but he's a Dr.
Student 2: He changed the world! African Americans and white people can be together.
12-5-14
Mrs. Stickling: You are being a great listener today!
Student: 'Cause I pay attention to you! I hear your voice and listen to your ears!
10-30-14
When talking about how President Lincoln was a great man...
Student: He died.
Mrs. Stickling: Yes, a long time ago.
Student: Google never dies. Do you know who that is? Google. He's such a great man. He's really smart. He's not a person. He doesn't have any eyes. He's made out of metal.
10-8-14
Student: Do you know I'm always here before the girls?
Mrs. Stickling: That's because you watch the clock.
Student: I don't watch the clock! I just know when to come here.
Mrs. Stickling: That's what I mean by watching the clock! You make me laugh.
Student, grinning: Aw-shucks.
9-18-14
Mrs. Stickling: Is that a sentence?
Student: It's an awkward sentence.
9-5-14
Student 1: I'm so happy I can come to this classroom!
Mrs. Stickling: I'm so glad I get to come to this classroom too!
Student 2: You have to! You're the teacher of this whole room!
8-28-14
Mrs. Stickling: Hands to yourself on the bus.
Student: Hamsters on the bus?!?
8-25-14
Mrs. Stickling: Bats are nocturnal. Do you know what that means?
Student: Prolly they are sun-proof. They burn if they get in the sun.
8-21-14
Mrs. Stickling: What do you put at the end of a sentence?
Student: A pyramid!
4-4-19 (Yes, they seriously said all of these funny things on one day!)
Student 1, to student 2, whose nose was dripping: You're snotting.
Student 2: I don't care. At least I'm not snotting on you!
Mrs. Stickling: Why are all your d's uppercase? Are you afraid to write them lowercase?
Student: I can't because I'm sick. (fake cough) Is that a good excuse?
Mrs. Stickling: Not at all.
Mrs. Stickling: You need to study tonight.
Student: I can't, I have to go to little group.The kids play and watch movies and the parents do God stuff.
Mrs. Stickling: Do you mean small group?
Student: Yeah.
Student: How do you spell why? w-h-i? w-h-i-e?
Mrs. Stickling: (motions to the word wall)
Student: Oh, w-h-y. I was right.
Student 1: You guys are acting like kindergarteners.
Mrs. Stickling: Why do you say that?
Student 1: My mom said kindergarteners make up stories.
Student 2: My mom said that when people are lying they are telling stories. I don't think she's right.
Mrs. Stickling: She is.
Student 2: She is? Yea!
Student 3: When my brothers say I'm pushing them down, that's a story.
3-20-19
Student: Are you from the 80's?
Mrs. Stickling: Yes, 1982.
Student: That's why you're so hippie.
Mrs. Stickling: Hippies were from the 60's.
Student: Hippies! What are those?...I think my dad is from the 60's.
3-15-19
Mrs. Stickling: You rocked the socks off that assessment! Do you know what that means?
Student: It means I'm really cool.
3-14-19
Student: I like your necklace and your earrings.
Mrs. Stickling: You like my necklace?
Student: Well, if you were wearing one.
3-1-19
Student: Bad day?
Mrs. Stickling: Yeah.
Student: Why? People didn't listen to you? You had a bad night of sleep? I know! You were constipated last night!
1-11-19
Mrs. Stickling: These gloves are tricky to get on you!
Student: Because they are blue!
Student: Can you help me? My glue is going hairwire.
12-6-18
Mrs. Stickling, after rushing from one classroom to the next: Why am I exhausted at 10:30 in the morning?
Student: 'Cause you're a parent and a teacher.
12-5-18
When ISU student starts crying before we read her our goodbye letters:
Student: Have we met our objective?
Mrs. Stickling: What?
Student: You said to write her letters that would make her cry!
11-9-18
Student: Did you see me when I was gone?
Mrs. Stickling: No, you were gone.
Student: I had a pink eye!
Mrs. Stickling: I love how much you love to write. It gives me goosebumps!
Student: Actually, goosebumps are when you are cold.
1-11-17
Student, while not enjoying editing his writing: Can I go get a drink to waste time?
1-10-17
Student: Did your parents name you Mrs. Stickling?
10-17-16
Mrs. Stickling: Hey!
Student: You know my name! Hay is for horses. Grass is cheaper.
It's just that when you talk it gets mixed up with the words in my head and I get confused.
9-29-16
Miss Jeanie: Do you know your address?
Student: I don't have a dress! I have clothes.
9-28-16
Student: Jack and Jill broke his crown, United States of America.
4-28-16
Student: Can you review what I just said, because I forget things quickly.
Mrs. Stickling: Did you run here?
Student: No, I skipped.
3-12-16
Student, after falling: It's ok, I do wipeouts.
3-10-16
Student, when writing: This would go a lot faster if you told me the letters.
12-2-15
Student 1: Don't take away my baby!
Mrs. Stickling, two minutes later: Can I see your baby now?
Student 2: Did you call it his baby?
Student 1: Yes. It's my WRITING! It's like my son. I'm writing on his face.
11-23-15
Student: My thumb hurts from yesterday.
Mrs. Stickling: What did you do?
Student: I had to keep tapping on road blocks.
8-28-15
Mrs. Stickling: Did you work on your word sort last night?
Student: Yes. I fell asleep on them. When I woke up they were all slimy.
5-8-15
Mrs. Stickling: Remind me and I'll email your mom to tell her how well you did.
Student: Or you can just write it on the board because you're a easy forgetter.
3-18-15
Student: Can I go...I think I need to go...number two?
2-23-15
Mrs. Stickling: You had a super day! Is there anything special about your day that you want me to email your parents?
Student: Tell them great day and I love rock and roll!
2-19-15
Student: My throat hurts. Must be the hair I ate this morning.
1-30-15
Mrs. Stickling: Are you ready for this test?
Student: Sure! I'm ready for everything!
1-28-15
Mrs. Stickling: Wow, your brains are growing by the minute!
Student 1: Yea, mine is tougher than a brick!
Student 2: No one's brain can do that!
1-13-15
Student was bragging about how tough he is.
Mrs. Stickling: Are you invincible?
Student: I'm not invisible!
Mrs. Stickling: I said invincible.
Student: I think I am. I always wanted to be.
(I had to take the teaching moment and clarify the difference of the two!)
1-12-15
Mrs. Stickling, pointing to a picture as student prepare to read about Martin Luther King Jr: Who is that?
Student 1: Dr. Seuss
Mrs. Stickling: He is a Dr.
Student 1: What? It's almost Dr. Seuss' birthday.
Mrs. Stickling: That's in March. His name is Martin.
Student 2: Marther King Jr.
Student 3: No! Martin Luther King Jr. It says it right here.
Mrs. Stickilng: What do you know about him?
Student 1: Nothing but he's a Dr.
Student 2: He changed the world! African Americans and white people can be together.
12-5-14
Mrs. Stickling: You are being a great listener today!
Student: 'Cause I pay attention to you! I hear your voice and listen to your ears!
10-30-14
When talking about how President Lincoln was a great man...
Student: He died.
Mrs. Stickling: Yes, a long time ago.
Student: Google never dies. Do you know who that is? Google. He's such a great man. He's really smart. He's not a person. He doesn't have any eyes. He's made out of metal.
10-8-14
Student: Do you know I'm always here before the girls?
Mrs. Stickling: That's because you watch the clock.
Student: I don't watch the clock! I just know when to come here.
Mrs. Stickling: That's what I mean by watching the clock! You make me laugh.
Student, grinning: Aw-shucks.
9-18-14
Mrs. Stickling: Is that a sentence?
Student: It's an awkward sentence.
9-5-14
Student 1: I'm so happy I can come to this classroom!
Mrs. Stickling: I'm so glad I get to come to this classroom too!
Student 2: You have to! You're the teacher of this whole room!
8-28-14
Mrs. Stickling: Hands to yourself on the bus.
Student: Hamsters on the bus?!?
8-25-14
Mrs. Stickling: Bats are nocturnal. Do you know what that means?
Student: Prolly they are sun-proof. They burn if they get in the sun.
8-21-14
Mrs. Stickling: What do you put at the end of a sentence?
Student: A pyramid!