The best of this week’s quotes from my elementary students in South Korea (and some thrown in from friends too)
With the kids all having mid-terms this week, they’ve all been disinterested in talking much in class other than:
Before the test: ‘WAIT! WAIT!!’ and ‘WHAT TEST?!!’
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I’m smiling.
Kid: ‘Why happy?’
Me: ‘I’m just happy. I’m allowed to be happy.’
Kid: ‘No.’
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Me: ‘Stop talking.’
Kid: ‘English?’
Me: ‘No, all talking. Stop all talking.’
Kid: ‘What about body language?’
Me: ‘No.’
Kid: ‘But body language is type of language.’
Me: ‘Shhhhhhhh!’
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Little Boy: ‘I’m hard, tired and hungry.’
Me, mishearing him: ‘If you’re hot, take off your jacket.’
Little boy: ‘NO! I’m not hot. I’M HARD.’..o.O
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The kids are writing a page about their favorite vacation.
Kid: ‘How you spell island?’
Me: ‘Island? Which island?’
Kid: ‘Your island.’
Me: ‘Oh, Ireland. You’ve never been to Ireland. Write about something you know.’
Pause.
Kid: ‘How you spell island?’
Kid 2: ‘IRE-LAND. I? R?’
Me: ‘Yeah.’
Kid 2: ‘E? L-A-N-D.’
Me: ‘Nice! That was a good guess!’
The two kids run to the map on the wall to search for Ireland. They find it and Kid 1 puts his hands triumphantly in the air.
Kid 1: ‘WE’RE THE BIGGER!!! YAY!!!!’
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Kid: ‘KUNG FU PANTIES!!’
No…I don’t know why he said that either.
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Kid: ‘I go to Canada. I see the Canada famous food. I eat the Canada famous food. I step on maple leaves.’
Me: ‘Have you been to Canada?’
Kid: ‘No.’
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During a test: Kid, to me: ‘What’s answer B?’
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Kid: ‘No pencil!’
Me: ‘Anyone have a pencil to give Roy?’
All shake their heads.
Me: ‘I’ll give you a sticker if you give him a pencil.’
Five kids hold up pencils to give him.
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For more Quote Fridays, check out:
- ‘Oh my God, I’m YAWDA!!’ – January 4th 2012
- ‘Do you Obama?’ – December 21st 2012
- ‘YOU are OUT of the line!’ – December 14th 2012
- ‘He’s on a date.’ – December 7th 2012
- ‘Are you many many crazy?’ – November 30th 2012
- ‘I rolled too far.’ – November 23rd 2012
- ‘Robot Making Class.’ – November 16th 2012
- ‘Throw in giant spiders.’ – November 9th 2012
- ‘Hey, don’t call people pandas!’ – October 26th 2012
- ‘I am NO potato.’ – October 19th 2012
- ‘I am from Martian Land.’ – October 12th 2012
- RE: Obama: ‘I don’t wanna see his mustache all over the TV’ – October 5th 2012
- ‘Teacher, STOP TALKING!’ – September 28th 2012
- ‘Oh teacher, your font is very good.’ – September 21st 2012
LOL they are so funny. I like the your island. You’re a smart cookie to figure that one out. Miss ya around my neck of the woods.
Haha, I’ve just come back from Ireland so they’ve been curious about it and talking about it a lot! AND the Korean for Ireland is the same pronunciation as ‘island’! That helped. Man, I keep finding funny things for your WTF Friday posts, all news articles. I should start sending them along to you!! If you start getting random links from me next week, you know that’s happened! 🙂
Okay sounds good. I will watch for them. 🙂 DId you have a good trip?
Oh my God, it was awesome. So much food!! Really, I can’t express just HOW MUCH FOOD my mother liked to feed us. Six days really wasn’t long enough though. I was still jetlagged on the last day. The move to Canada is in T-Minus 11 weeks so it was nice to go home (and for The Canadian One to meet everyone!!) before we move. You have a good Xmas? 🙂
I had a wonderful Christmas. I am glad you ate like crazy. I bet your excited about Canada.
Lol!! I am soooo excited!! Although I keep reading things about the snow. I DO NOT DO SNOW. The Canadian One fears I’ll just die. lol!
LOL you might. 😉 I love snow but in small doses.