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#2227
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⚐ ReportMr. Swaney: I'm living in a war zone... this has just been a terrible week. And yesterday we were handing out textbooks in NSL, and we had finished, but a girl was like, [squeaky voice] "I need a new textbook." And I just said, "We don't have any more." And she was still like, "No, I really need a new textbook." You know what was there? A condom. //the class reacts Swaney: A USED condom. So we Cloroxed that thing to within an inch of its life... but I was just shocked. So shocked that I forgot to check the back of the book for a name.
#2226
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⚐ ReportMr. Swaney: You know Pat Collins? So, Pat Collins calls me during sixth period and begins to interview me... But then he says "I have to go. There's been a shooting on U street," and hangs up.
#2225
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⚐ ReportMr. Swaney: Did I not tell this class already? My car was torched, at four in the morning. Yeah, I wake up, my dog is barking like mad, I open the door, there are firetrucks outside, and my neighbour's like, "Dude, I think your Jeep exploded." Emma Kaufman: Your dog was barking? It must have been a terminator. They KNOW.
#2204
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⚐ Report//Adam Biru has come to class late, some students thought he might be doing something SGA-related. Mr. Swaney: Adam, were you doing something school-related? Adam: Uhh, no. Mr. Swaney: Honest guy, I like that. Adam (realizing his mistake): Well, getting to school, if that counts.
#2203
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⚐ ReportMr. Swaney: They [China] do have eight sanctioned "opposition" parties. "Opposition" meaning they pledge allegiance to the Communist Party.
#2202
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⚐ ReportMr. Swaney: So, basically, we can think of a nation as a bunch of people trying to rebel and become their own state. What are some other examples of nations? There's another obvious one that we're missing. Emma Kaufman: Texas?
#2201
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⚐ ReportSwaney: What'll be next is the EU-ization of the world; the United States forming up with Mexico and Canada. I mean, it doesn't matter, most of the Mexicans are here anyway.
#2171
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⚐ Report// Swaney pours generous dollop from a tall bottle into his coffee. Student: Ummm... what was that? Swaney: Vodka! I gotta get through the day *some*how!
#2152
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⚐ Report//going over a pretest in comp gov Eric: The most persistent challenge facing Nigeria since independence has been........uhhhhhh.......... Swaney: That's a pretty easy one...unless you're stupid. Eric: ...uhhh...I'm going to say C. Swaney: You're so stupid! It's D! Eric: Oh, that's what I was going to say!
#2110
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⚐ Report//Assigning presentation topics on the first day of Comparative Government: Mr. Swaney: Mexican Political Institutions, that's an easy one; we shouldn't do that one. Perhaps you could give us some political institutions of the drug cartels!