Classroom Quotes:

From the classroom of Dr. Jeney:

"Clarity doesn't mean simplicity. There are difficult concepts which can't be summarized clearly. If you've ever looked up existentialism in a dictionary you know what I mean."

"We live in Missouri, which is the empirical state. 'Show me, show me, show me'."

"Horses... are not easy to housebreak. And how many people would you let step on your foot who weigh 850 pounds?"

"From the perspective of grass, human beings are merely lackeys and pikemen in the war against trees... We are simply the instrument of grass, carrying out its evil plot to take over the world."

Jeney: "There's a line to be drawn between disliking babies, and discriminating against them."
Student: "We should make them use separate water fountains."

"Babies look like Winston Churchill to me. I didn't get the baby liking gene. But your friends will ostracize you if you hate babies. I still can't say the things like, 'Aww, she's so beautiful! She looks like her father." Because she looks like Winston Churchill. Or Gollum. Or a larvae. If I were to be brutally honest, I would say, "Ewww- I'm sorry you have one of those!""

"Don't you tell me you aren't going to be here on Tuesday! I'll go 'Lalalala, lalala'."

"...But use words like 'please', and 'my grade is at stake', and 'I have little children at home.'... Oh- and you should walk in on crutches. I'll loan you mine."

From the classroom of Dr. Okapal:

"Philosophers are just annoying little six year olds, with really big vocabularies. 'Why? Why? Why?'"

Okapal: "Actually, that's how I met my wife..."
Student: "Which one?"

Okapal: "You aren't cold, are you?"
Student: "Yes, I am."
Okapal: "It isn't cold, you know. People in St. Joseph are just wimps."
Student: "Oh, then I guess it must just be my subjective perceptions, which may or may not correspond to a reality that may or may not exist, which are signalling to me that I am cold?"
Okapal: "Your perceptions are wrong. I'm not cold at all."