Crowd of teenage girls galloping forward with sticks and fists in the air: FOR NARNIA!!!!

Hopkins High School
Overheard by who knew early morning cross country practice could be this much fun?

Pre-teen to his rowdy friends: Yeah, ’cause Sandburg grass rocks!

Cooper High Summer School/Activities
Overheard by Well, I once went there… Glad to see there are still no complaints about the greenery.

Pothead teen: Man, I’m gonna get so baked at the concert this weekend!
Naive good girl: You really shouldn’t sit in the sun like that, you could get skin cancer.

Wayzata High School
Overheard by and i thought i was sheltered.

Girl art student: Is Across the Universe a good movie?
Boy art student: Yeah, but the main girl is kind of a plain bagel.
Girl art student: A plain bagel?
Boy art student: When you work at a bagel shop you start comparing everything to bagels.

Bloomington Jefferson High School - 2D art class
Overheard by trying to work on my final.

Stoner Girl: (loudly in the middle of the hallway) You never give me cigarettes!
Stoner Boy: I always give you cigarettes!
Stoner Girl: (even louder) You’ve never given me a cigarette IN YOUR LIFE!

Bloomington Jefferson High School
Overheard by cigarettes give you cancer.

Teenage Boy #1: I just get so nervous when she touches me, man. I think I’m ready to tell her how I feel.
Teenage Boy #2: No, no, no, dude! Wait till she plays with your hair. When she plays with your hair, that’s love.

Bloomington Jefferson High School
Overheard by a sure sign.

Preppy girl: Man, I hate this new dress code.  I can’t wear anything now.
Preppy girl’s friend: At least they didn’t give us uniforms.  I mean, that’d force us to look good everyday.  You can’t just look like crap in a uniform and pull that look off.

Bus leaving Burnsville High School

Teen boy: You know, I really appreciate you complimenting my baseball skills, but I really don’t appreciate you complimenting my boxer choices.

South High Locker Room
Overheard by just trying to get to class…

Stoner:  I know why there are no dealers in Plymouth!
Not quite a stoner:  Yeah?  Why?
Stoner:  All the streets are curvy, there’s no corners for them!
Not quite a stoner:  Hmmm, yeah, you’re right.

Cooper High School Lunch Room
Overheard by Not a Nerd.

Teacher: You consider 300 a good date movie?

Burnsville High School
Overheard by Some Econ Kids.

Teenage girl: You are walking me all the way down to the gym or else I am not hanging out with you all weekend!!
Teenage boyfriend: You are being so sassy!
Teenage girl: ALL WEEKEND!

Wayzata High School
Overheard by hallwaywanderer.

Teenage Girl (Matter-of-Factly): My sister’s friend came over yesterday because it was Memorial Day, you know, because she’s a stripper.

Wayzata High School
Overheard by Yeah, that makes total sense…

Girl on Phone: Hey girl!  I just got done lubricating my Rubik’s Cube!

Hopkins High School
Overheard by Momo.

Teenage Guy: Hey, can I have an arm massage?
Teenage Girl: I am NOT giving you another arm massage.
Teenage Guy: Please?
Teenage Girl: NO.
Teenage Guy: Ankle massage?

Hopkins High School
Overheard by Julie.

Guy: I decided I would do a little social experiment.  So I went to the gas station and bought a chocolate muffin and sat down outside the door.  Then this guy passed me, so I shoved the muffin in my mouth and started singing “What if God Was One of Us” with little pieces of the muffin falling out of my mouth.  It was great.

Hopkins High School
Overheard by Julie.

High School Girl #1: You look so summery today!
High School Girl #2: (monotonously) I look like I’m dead.
High School Girl #1: You ARE dead.

Wayzata High School

Girl: …and I was the puddle queen; ruler of my puddle kingdom.

Anoka high school

Girl #1 (running into classroom): LET’S TURN ON THE TV!!
Girl #2 (on the computer): You know, you’d be a good bag lady.
Girl #1 (confused): What? What does that mean?
Girl #2: You know those ladies that walk in Minneapolis down the street with bags and they’re poor.
Girl #1: Umm, thanks.

Wayzata high school

Girl #1 (going on field trip): You guys, the bus isn’t here yet, we might have to drive everyone separately!
Girl #2: I don’t think the school will let us do that, that’s a big liability issue.
Girl #1: Oh, it’s okay, I have car insurance and everyone has life insurance.

Wayzata high school
Overheard by huh.

Lit Class Substitute Teacher: Did I hear that correctly? “Please don’t rape me with your feelings”?

Burnsville High School
Overheard by Yep, your hearing is perfect.