mindseye: "Will this be on the test?"
It will be now.
"Can we have class outside today?"
Can you plug the overhead into a tree?
"Do we have to know this?"
Of course not. I've had dozens of students fail this course.
"Why do they make us take math?"
'Cause they outlawed corporal punishment.
"Are you gonna collect these problems?"
How else am I gonna line my birdcage?
"I was sick yesterday. Did I miss anything important?"
We talked about you the whole time.