overheard...

A few comments from today...

In environmental science senior seminar:
Ms. P: Now the water that you find underground is called "groundwater."
student: Wait. There's water underground? I thought that was where hell was...?
Ms. P: Well, that's like saying heaven is in outer space.
student: It isn't?

This led into a discussion of literal vs figurative...

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This one I overheard in the hallway. It was Pipe Cleaner Boy (the one who makes amazing works of art out of pipecleaners--they look like action figures) talking to his religion teacher.

PCB: I'm an adolescent! I have the attention span of a goldfish!