Nestled among the many groups of Facebook is South High Teacher Quotes, a group started in 2009 by senior Collin Knopp-Schwyn. The group is composed of over 1330 students and teachers alike, and although it is lighthearted for the most part, there’s more to the page than just ridiculous things teachers say.

Students quote their teachers on a variety of subjects that ranges from funny to disturbing, and although the group is all in good humor, quotes are frequently taken out of context.

“I am certainly taken out of context,” said math teacher Kip Krasean, “I’ve heard that that’s what makes it funny.”

Knopp-Schwyn admitted that at the beginning of the group’s creation, he would frequently quote his freshman teacher “out of context, but now there is less of that.”

In addition to be taken out of context, Krasean insists that he has been directly misquoted. “I do not swear,” said Krasean, “I have never swore at South High School, and there are swear words on that thing. I am telling you, I do not swear!”

South High Teacher Quotes is uncensored, which could be problematic. In terms of the administration’s power over the page, Krasean said that he didn’t know how much power the administration could exercise. “What if somebody puts an outright lie about what a teacher says?” he said, “is the administration going to believe it?”

“I like the quotes,” said junior Yahya Mohamed, “because they share the funny moments that happen in class.” While at times it can derail the class, it “makes the class fun and entertaining.”

“I thought it was funny at first, but now its become dumb. Its a bunch of freshmen and sophomores taking stuff out of context.” said senior Sampson Mabbs. While most students say their quotes are truly in context, it isn’t known whether they are.

English teacher Delainia Haug voiced her surprise that the page hasn’t yet been taken down. “I was shocked that it existed,” said Haug, “usually when there’s something that looks like it’s sponsored by the school, it gets shut down.”

However, the lack of administrative constraints may be simply because the page is nothing to be worried about. “It’s not malicious,” Haug explained, “it’s very good-natured, and I think that says something about the kids who go here.”

French teacher Michele Campbell recounted the beginning of South High Teacher Quotes, saying that “it was set up at about the time that one student set up a [different Facebook] group that was making fun of teacher’s clothes. That was just mean and underhanded.”

“If you want to make fun of us,” said Campbell, “just make sure we can’t find it.”

South High Teacher Quotes has ensured that most times that a teacher says anything worth repeating, it will be reproduced on the Internet. Haug asserted that despite this pressure, knowing this has not changed her method of teaching. “It’s a thing we live with nowadays; anybody could be recording you,” she said, “I do like to joke around with my students. Sometimes I do worry, ‘oh crap, did I say something bad?’”

Krasean agrees that knowledge of the group has not dramatically influenced how he interacts with his classes. “It probably should,” admitted Krasean, “I should probably use it to be a little more mature.”

The page is a place for South students to quote their teachers, but it has been expanding to cover other parts of South, such as Online Health. Several students have posted screenshots of grammatically incorrect questions on Online Health tests, and others have posted videos of teachers dancing, among other things.

As the page expands, the number of members continues to grow. “In the beginning, the group did not have many members, but one day it grew exponentially,” said Knopp-Schwyn, adding that “teachers have even had good things to say about the page.”