Much to my dismay I no longer teach Andy, Isaac and Jenny. Their absence is a direct correlation to my lack of recent daily gems. Luckily my co-teacher Claire has been picking up the slack. She recently gave us this gem.
While sitting in class.
Andy: Teacher, I have a great idea.
Claire: What's your idea Andy?
Andy: Umm... I don't have leprosy.
He then looks at the other student in class and says, "Don't worry Isaac. You don't have leprosy either."
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
The only Child...
that Chris likes.
Seriously. The boy in enamored. Annie has captured his heart and I've never seen him take so well to a small human being. He normally can't handle little children, but I guess Annie is a anomaly.
Annie is the same Annie that said her eraser could erase my face and that her fist can break things... like my face. She also told me that I am smart, but not as smart as her. Her English is nearly flawless and she has quite the personality. I spend the majority of our class together trying to convince her to stop picking up heavy objects (like her desk) to convince me of how strong she is.
If Chris had a child, it would be Annie. She told me that she's a "local celebrity" in her town because all of the "old grandma people" think that she's oh-so smart. To her credit, she is. She hasn't even started elementary school yet.
Yesterday, Annie revealed that it was her last week at Langcon. She won't be able to come anymore since she is starting elementary school and won't have any time. I told her that she was going to break Chris's heart and she just laughed in my face.
Annie will definitely be missed.
Seriously. The boy in enamored. Annie has captured his heart and I've never seen him take so well to a small human being. He normally can't handle little children, but I guess Annie is a anomaly.
Annie is the same Annie that said her eraser could erase my face and that her fist can break things... like my face. She also told me that I am smart, but not as smart as her. Her English is nearly flawless and she has quite the personality. I spend the majority of our class together trying to convince her to stop picking up heavy objects (like her desk) to convince me of how strong she is.
If Chris had a child, it would be Annie. She told me that she's a "local celebrity" in her town because all of the "old grandma people" think that she's oh-so smart. To her credit, she is. She hasn't even started elementary school yet.
Yesterday, Annie revealed that it was her last week at Langcon. She won't be able to come anymore since she is starting elementary school and won't have any time. I told her that she was going to break Chris's heart and she just laughed in my face.
Annie will definitely be missed.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Phone Teaching.
Once a month, those of us teaching at Langcon English Academy are expected to call all of our students and conduct a 5 minute interview/conversation with them. While it's always at the end of the day and I'm usually extremely tired, the conversations that I overhear are high-larious. It's even better since I can only hear the boy and Claire talking and not the kids on the other end of the line.
A few of my favorites of the night were...
Chris: How are you? .... You are "yippy kai yay"?
Claire: Yoboseyo!? No Korean, Louis. Louis? What are you doing? Louis? (As I hear someone randomly screaming through the receiver).
Chris: Who do you love? [long empty pause.] Do you love your mom? No. Well then, do you love your dad? No, not him either?
I also had a few gems with my kids. My first was when I called little Andy. I told him that it was Tawny teacher from Langcon and that we had phone teaching. His response was, "Yeah yeah yeah. So what?"
I also had 8-year old Jenny tell me that she hadn't eaten dinner yet because her parents were on a date and they didn't bring her back food yet.
My favorite of the night was when I called Leon's house. I thought it was strange that there was a loud echo in the background. I asked what he was doing expecting him to tell me that he was eating dinner like the rest of my students. Instead he nonchalantly responded with, "Teacher. I'm cleaning my body".
Phone teaching might secretly be one of my favorite things to do at Langcon.
Oh! On a somewhat related note- little Jacob had a wee little temper tantrum today while we were learning our "ph" sounds. He threw his book and started flailing on the floor because he didn't want to spell "Philippines". He claimed it was "a bad one" because it was too long of a word.
A few of my favorites of the night were...
Chris: How are you? .... You are "yippy kai yay"?
Claire: Yoboseyo!? No Korean, Louis. Louis? What are you doing? Louis? (As I hear someone randomly screaming through the receiver).
Chris: Who do you love? [long empty pause.] Do you love your mom? No. Well then, do you love your dad? No, not him either?
I also had a few gems with my kids. My first was when I called little Andy. I told him that it was Tawny teacher from Langcon and that we had phone teaching. His response was, "Yeah yeah yeah. So what?"
I also had 8-year old Jenny tell me that she hadn't eaten dinner yet because her parents were on a date and they didn't bring her back food yet.
My favorite of the night was when I called Leon's house. I thought it was strange that there was a loud echo in the background. I asked what he was doing expecting him to tell me that he was eating dinner like the rest of my students. Instead he nonchalantly responded with, "Teacher. I'm cleaning my body".
Phone teaching might secretly be one of my favorite things to do at Langcon.
Oh! On a somewhat related note- little Jacob had a wee little temper tantrum today while we were learning our "ph" sounds. He threw his book and started flailing on the floor because he didn't want to spell "Philippines". He claimed it was "a bad one" because it was too long of a word.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Your Daily Gem.
Wow. Haven't had one of these in a while. To be honest, the kids are still as hilarious as ever... I think I'm just getting used to it. They come up with the most random sayings and I usually find that I'm chuckling to myself in almost every class.
Yesterday my student Andy was talking about how my beau (who happens to be my co-teacher for the class) gave everyone nicknames.
"Jenny is called 'Princess Jenny' because she is very kind and pretty. Isaac is called 'Sir Isaac' because he is smart and like a king. I am called 'Trouble' because I am very silly. I'm so very silly. You can call me Steve."
Um, what? I tried to ask him what he meant, but to no avail. He just repeated that his name is Andy but I could call him "Steve". I even asked Chris if he had anything to do with it and he was just as surprised.
Silly Andy. Or is it Steve?
Yesterday my student Andy was talking about how my beau (who happens to be my co-teacher for the class) gave everyone nicknames.
"Jenny is called 'Princess Jenny' because she is very kind and pretty. Isaac is called 'Sir Isaac' because he is smart and like a king. I am called 'Trouble' because I am very silly. I'm so very silly. You can call me Steve."
Um, what? I tried to ask him what he meant, but to no avail. He just repeated that his name is Andy but I could call him "Steve". I even asked Chris if he had anything to do with it and he was just as surprised.
Silly Andy. Or is it Steve?
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