tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244874791067829182024-02-08T10:09:00.127-05:00Conversations with My StudentsBaby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-56042123171372136452013-01-17T16:01:00.001-05:002013-01-17T16:01:51.703-05:00Conformity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Me</b>: But how did they feel about conformity?<br />
<b>Student</b>: They all felt the same about it. </div>
Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-28883191931903150022012-02-16T01:14:00.000-05:002012-02-16T02:44:13.028-05:00It Just Got Personal<b>Student</b>: What are you doing?<div><b>Me</b>: I am trying to find the brightness switch. </div><div><b>Student</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">: Why didn't you tell me? It is right here. </span></div><div><b>Me</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">: Can you zoom in on the document as well?</span></div><div><b>Student</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">: Yup. </span></div><div><b>Me</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">: Oh good, that is much better. It was so small and dark. </span></div><div><b>Student</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">: You are small and dark. </span></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-256439804340253782012-02-15T15:26:00.002-05:002012-02-15T15:28:01.682-05:00Bad Example<b>Me</b>: This sentence is awkward. <div><b>Student</b>: Should I delete it?</div><div><b>Me</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">: No, it just needs to be incorporated. What is it an example of?</span></div><div><b>Student</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">: A bad sentence?</span></div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-34073089144224038602011-06-06T09:22:00.002-04:002011-06-06T09:22:00.580-04:00Square peg, round hole.<b>Student</b>: I don't understand this mess. <div><b>Me</b>: You have to first complete the square to get the equation of a circle. </div><div><b>Student</b>: There has to be a life lesson in there somewhere. </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-7878212535520176792011-05-30T22:58:00.002-04:002011-05-30T23:09:16.392-04:00Tutor Dynasty<b>Student</b>: Have you seen Step-Brothers?<div><b>Me</b>: No, you ask me that every week. Can we focus?</div><div><b>Student</b>: It's so funny. I'm going to keep asking until you see it. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Focus. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Have you seen the Tudors?</div><div><b>Me</b>: Really?</div><div><b>Student</b>: Gosh, I was only asking you a question. I can't ask questions?</div><div><b>Me</b>: I might have to hurt you. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Ok, ok. I'll do the problem. </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-25326592132475671762011-05-23T15:09:00.002-04:002011-05-23T15:14:28.297-04:00Monarch of Math<b>Student</b>: So here, can I just divide everything by 7?<div><b>Me</b>: No, you cannot divide under the square root sign. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Do not tell me what I can and cannot do. </div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-57112242428371362802011-05-16T10:18:00.000-04:002020-12-10T03:07:30.252-05:00He clearly does not understand the gravity of the question.<div><b>Me</b>: Well, technically, scientists haven't proven that gravity exists. </div><div><b>Student</b>: [<i>drops pencil</i>] There, I just proved it. </div><div><b>
</b></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-44766516248421576152011-05-09T20:22:00.002-04:002011-05-09T20:24:08.362-04:00Philosophy 101<b>Me</b>: Hey, can I use your iPhone charger? My phone's gonna die. <div><b>Student</b>: We are all gonna die. </div><div><b>Me</b>: . . . . </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-7226576976257981492011-05-02T09:16:00.002-04:002011-05-04T09:25:01.505-04:00Closer to the Sun<b>Student</b>: I dropped a cashew. <div><b>Me</b>: I see it. I'll get it later, just finish this problem. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><i>[later]</i></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Student</b>: I dropped my pencil.</div><div><b>Me</b>: I'll get it. Here, use mine. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Where'd it go?</div><div><b>Me</b>: It's next to the cashew. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Oh, I see it. It's closer to your chair than to the cashew. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Really? Well, you could do that with anything. The pencil is closer to the cashew than the sun. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Everything is closer to the cashew than it is to the sun! The people in China are closer to the cashew than they are to the sun. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Haha. True. </div><div><b>Student</b>: The moon is closer to the cashew than to the sun!</div><div><b>Me</b>: Look. I've thrown the cashew away. Can we do this math now?</div><div><b>Student</b>: Mars is closer to the cashew than it is to the sun. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Yes. Ok. Let's move on. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-70693450756593235292011-04-25T20:41:00.004-04:002011-04-28T00:24:18.818-04:00Unrest<b>Student</b>: . . . <i>the citizens' were then able to voice their unrest. </i><div><b>Me: </b>Use <i>discontent</i>. You can't really voice unrest. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Sure you can. I am unrested. I have not rested. I am voicing my unrest. </div><div><b>Me</b>: That doesn't work.</div><div><b>Student</b>: Ok. </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-39571331721189443432011-04-18T10:00:00.004-04:002011-05-04T09:26:24.529-04:00He speaks with applebomb.<b>Me</b>: Which two you were down to?<div><b>Student</b>: Well, I didn't know what <i>applebomb </i>meant but I figured it was bad. You know an apple bomb. That would be bad. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Apple bomb? Really? The word is <i>aplomb</i>. </div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-20497873016675595752011-04-11T08:53:00.002-04:002011-04-13T09:26:49.433-04:00Fake Functions*<div><br /></div><div>x <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/d/0/b/d0bc33509c009569aa24c01e09265eba.png" alt="\oplus \!\," /> y = <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">(x+y)², </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">find 5 </span><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/d/0/b/d0bc33509c009569aa24c01e09265eba.png" alt="\oplus \!\," /> 3</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><b>Student</b>: What is this thing? <div><b>Me</b>: Don't freak out. The symbol just tells you there is a relationship between x and y and it tells you what it is. You just plug the numbers in. </div><div><b>Student</b>: First there are letters, and then there are symbols? What's next? Sounds?</div><div><b>Me</b>: Like <i>ding dong</i> equals 15?</div><div><b>Student</b>: And <i>dong </i>equals 5</div><div><b>Me</b>: What is <i>ding</i>?</div><div><b>Student</b>: 3! </div><div><b>Me</b>: Nice.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>*<i>Knowledge of made up math required to understand this post. </i></div></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-24860063550123640122011-04-04T10:41:00.003-04:002011-04-04T10:45:32.109-04:00Mental.<b>Me</b>: Ok. The problem is: Expand (2x +1)(x-1). What do you do?<div><b>Student</b>: You have to FOIL, obviously. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Yup. </div><div><b>Student</b>: . . . It's 2x^2 -x -1. Did you just see that? I was mentally FOILing. I was <i>moiling</i>. </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-62185390772889117602011-03-28T14:23:00.001-04:002011-03-28T14:24:44.446-04:00So awkward.<b>Student</b>: When we are done, I'm going to read this GQ magazine so hard.<div><b>Me</b>: That is really awkward phrasing.</div><div><b>Student</b>: Haha. I'm going to take this test tomorrow so hard.</div><div><b>Me</b>: . . .</div><div><b>Student</b>: I am going to eat this tangerine so hard. </div><div><b>Me</b>: I really wish you would stop that.</div><div><b>Student</b>: I'm going to use this phrase so hard.</div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-41398545059662743892011-03-21T13:29:00.003-04:002011-03-21T13:34:35.800-04:00The Balkans<b>Me</b>: <i>Balk</i>. <div><b>Student</b>: [<i>makes a face</i>]</div><div><b>Me</b>: You have to be more specific. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Disbelief. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Good. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Do you know where that word comes from?</div><div><b>Me</b>: . . . </div><div><b>Student</b>: It is from the Balkans. People looked at it and went [<i>makes same face</i>]. </div><div><b>Me</b>: . . . </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-9269837655922488082011-03-14T08:54:00.001-04:002011-04-13T09:29:55.595-04:00Physically Challenged 5<b>Me</b>: What is this? Is that a 5 or a - 5?<div><b>Student</b>: Kyyyy! Isn't that obvious? The answer is clearly 5. It's just slanting all the way so it looks messed up 5. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Really? Cuz it looks like you wrote - 5. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Obviously, I got it right. </div><div><b>Me</b>: How about this one? You wrote - 18. </div><div><b>Student</b>: . . . Oh. No, no, no. The answer is - 22. Are you blind, Ky? I clearly wrote - 22. </div><div>[<i>erases old answer and writes new answer</i>]</div><div><b>Me</b>: That was a really terrible 22. It looked like an 18. </div><div><b>Student</b>: I almost tried that on my teacher today. </div><div><b>Me</b>: That would be a bad idea. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Yeah. </div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-33596525548302364772011-03-07T10:31:00.002-05:002011-03-14T13:34:10.140-04:00This one's for you Snide Elliot<div><b>Student</b>: <i>Airooditay</i>.</div><div><b>Me</b>: It's <i>erudite</i>. </div><div><b>Student</b>: No, it's <i>airodiatay</i>. Its rhymes with <i>crudite</i>. </div><div><b>Me</b>: What does it mean?</div><div><b>Student</b>: Well-educated. </div><div><b>Me</b>: . . . </div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-25156851441530561222011-02-28T08:45:00.002-05:002011-02-28T08:53:11.663-05:00I'll upbraid you.<b>Me</b>: <i>Sanctimonious</i><div><b>Student</b>: Hoity toity . . . </div><div><b>Me</b>: . . . </div><div><b>Student</b>: . . . piety</div><div><b>Me</b>: . . . Ok, close enough. <i>Upbraid</i>. </div><div><b>Student</b>: It's how my mom wears her hair. She wears it up in a braid, an upbraid. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Really?</div><div><b>Student</b>: It's really pretty, in an upbraid. </div><div><b>Me</b>: No. </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-80099173485400688122011-02-21T09:09:00.001-05:002011-02-21T09:09:44.906-05:00I was going to say Democratic-Republican, but that works.<b>Me</b>: So you remember the difference between Jefferson and Hamilton? We talked about it last week.<div><b>Student</b>: Yes, Hamilton was a . . . Federalist?</div><div><b>Me</b>: Yup. And he promoted a strong federal government, while Jefferson was for state's rights. But then he did that Louisiana Purchase thing which was against his ideals as . . . what was it that he was?</div><div><b>Student</b>: An Anti-Federalist?</div><div><b>Me</b>: Right, but there is a word.</div><div><b>Student</b>: Hypocrite?</div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-6864519893152184092011-02-14T21:24:00.002-05:002011-02-14T21:29:44.176-05:00We are not pleased!<div><b>Student</b>: I haven't edited this paper at all. </div><b>Me</b>: Ok, let's see. . . . . hm . . . <i>Galileo was executed because the Church was not pleased with his heresy. </i>Really<i>?</i><div><b>Student</b>: What?</div><div><b>Me</b>: Who talks like that? It is like the royal we. I am not pleased with this sentence. </div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-22535502639251883102011-02-07T14:58:00.003-05:002011-02-07T15:01:07.426-05:00I, give, up.<b>Me</b>: Do you know what <i>waive</i> means?<div><b>Student</b>: Like when you see someone on the street?</div><div><b>Me</b>: That is w-a-v-e. This is with an i. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Like when you waive your rights?</div><div><b>Me</b>: Exactly. Give up. </div><div><b>Student</b>: [<i>writes on card</i>]</div><div><b>Me</b>: It's "give up", not "give, up"</div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-18468319462468557542011-01-31T23:56:00.002-05:002011-02-01T00:00:11.403-05:00I might as well add dreads.<b>Nanny</b>: The little one told me I had to see the Rastafarian hat you made. <div><b>Me</b>: It's a rainbow hat!</div><div><b>Nanny</b>: She thought you'd been to Jamaica.</div><div><b>Me</b>: No, see it has <i>blue </i>on it. </div><div><b>Nanny</b>: But your missing the indigo or violet. </div><div><b>Me</b>: They didn't have any at the store. </div><div><b>Nanny</b>: The red, green and yellow make it look Jamaican. </div><div><b>Me</b>: You're ruining my hat. </div><div><b>Nanny</b>: Ok, I'll leave you to it then. </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-43162569442605434662011-01-24T10:56:00.002-05:002011-01-24T11:18:54.154-05:00He does math on the path to the bath.<b>Me</b>: So we should do the word problems and then you'll be done. <div><b>Student</b>: Ok. <i>A stone is thrown from a throne at home -</i></div><div><b>Me</b>: Really?</div><div><b>Student</b>: No. A stone is thrown from a window 12 feet from the ground . . .</div><div><b>Me</b>: Nice. </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-56620279696902727842011-01-17T09:08:00.002-05:002011-01-17T09:11:33.221-05:00Bonding<b>Student</b>: I stole this pen. I have this weird thing where I only steal pens. <div><b>Me</b>: Yeah. I was like that in high school with chapstick. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Really?</div><div><b>Me</b>: Yeah, I would only steal chapstick. Sometimes I still do. </div><div><b>Student</b>: I was kidding. I didn't steal this pen. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Oh. . . </div><div><b>Student</b>: . . .</div><div><b>Me</b>: Me too. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Awkward. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Yeah. </div><div><br /></div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424487479106782918.post-23960688464155661732011-01-10T08:52:00.002-05:002011-01-10T09:14:10.875-05:00Takiteas!<b>Student</b>: Hokay. Takiteas!<div><b>Me</b>: I haven't said anything. </div><div><b>Student</b>: Takiteas!</div><div><b>Me</b>: What's your answer?</div><div><b>Student</b>: -8</div><div><b>Me</b>: Hm. . . Fine. </div><div><b>Student</b>: You know, when you say "fine", what you mean is "right". </div><div><b>Me</b>: Takiteas. </div><div><b>Student</b>: You know it's true. </div><div><b>Me</b>: Fine. </div>Baby Doctor Kyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162431504850793405noreply@blogger.com0