I gotta say I love overhearing the student conversations going on around me on campus. They always add a bit of levity to my day. Bus rides between classes are a particularly good place for them. Here are a few of my recent favorites:
Probably after a class on food systems:
- Student 1: “Dude, I hear if you’re sick, you should go to McDonald’s for a burger. There’s so much antibiotics left over in the meat it’ll like, knock out whatever you have.”
- Student 2: “No Dude. They have super-bugs in the meat. They’re pesticide resistant, so when you eat them you’ll become pesticide resistant too.”
On our modern times:
- “So I asked this girl out on facebook, and she never responds. Then the next day I see she’s updated her status to ‘Which boy should I go out with?’ I was so annoyed.”