teaching older students who speak english raises alot of interesting situations that are hilarious at the time...like i'm literally rolling on the floor, but i somehow can never manage to get them from the classroom to the computer whether here or in emails. but last night while chatting with my friends i remembered one of my highlights of this week.
so i have one class of 5 kids and i walk into class setting things up and they ask me,
Teacher! Teacher!
Yes.
america if i say f*** you (said in a very cute accent) and do this (gestures to middle finger) someone shot me?
what? what are you talking about? ~at this point im thinkig about yelling at them for saying a word that could possibly be f**** but i can't really tell plus they are all attentive and looking at me inquisitively.....
teacher! ~they explain again and then procced to draw a pick of one person flipping the bird and the other person with a gun
oooooh! so you mean, if you say f-u-c-k and give someone the middle finger will you get shot in America?
yes teacher!
ummm~ at this point i dont know what to answer....hmmm, maybe. its definitely not a "no" answer hahah...i picture one of my students walking down Times Square and turning to someone and saying that and what the response would be? they could get shot. maybe if i tell them they will get shot they will stop saying it....hmmmm
well, kids, maybe.
maybe? what maybe?
yes.
yes teacher?!?
no, not yes, yes and no.
what teacher?
well maybe they will shoot you and maybe not. like if you said f-u-c-k (spelling it out) to me i wouldn't shoot you. i would just look at you liek "whaaaat?" maybe i would punch you.
oh punch teacher! yes, yes so if you say f*** you and do this you will be punched in america.
yes, maybe.~ummmmm
teacher all black people have guns?
~ oh dear.......but this question is easier to field
no! white people do too! many people do!
oh, ok teacher.
crisis averted. one small step forward for my JB english class and one giant step forward for the korean view of american culture...errrr....
other small highlights of note, because i truly love the usage of the english language by my students.
when making fun of another student who they were calling psycho:
no, he's not psycho, he's super-psycho. he leveled up!
~too many video games?
and everytime the kids get lost in my class i yell
PAY ATTENTION!
teacher detention?!??!? ~a look of fear washes over the crowd
no, no, pay attention!
detention! teacher why?
no! no! no!i said P-A-Y ATTENTION and NOOOOO detention
ohhhh, ok teacher.
ill try to do a better j0b of sharing these wonderful highlights of my day. ;)
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