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A new vein
After a consultation and some consoling from Tiffany, I have decided to add just a writing aspect to my blog as well. I am lovingly calling it #shitmystudentssay. It’s not to poke fun, some of the...
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Not a beach babe
Last week my adult beginner class was learning about weather and seasons. After making our way through some vocabulary and a worksheet we attempted a basic discussion question, “What is your favourite...
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Not ready for marriage
During one of our class discussions, the question of whether mandatory military service in Korea should be extended to women came up. When my middle school boys responded that they didn’t think women...
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Teacher’s day
Last week was a really short week for me as Monday was educators’ day and Friday was Buddha’s birthday: I got both days off. It also happened that the Wednesday was teachers’ day. For teacher’s day my...
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Drinking, making babies and bathroom talk
So today I learned two very important things from my students and both are probably things which my mother would not approve of. One was my middle school boys informing me that when you pooh really...
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Mixed dreams
Every month my academy has a ‘culture day.’ From my current understanding, this is just a term that they’ve coined for the day and doesn’t necessarily mean that something cultural will come out of it....
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A debate about selfies
My classes have all just turned over a new term these last couple weeks. Whether they should or not, all of the classes are going up to the next level. One of my classes has turned in a new direction...
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Hangman failure
Yesterday gave some insight on some grammar that needs to be retaught after summer break. *Background: Ella is one of my students and she’s taking a month off of cram school for her summer vacation. It...
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Boys are stupid…
One of my little girls came to school with this bag. I assumed that she knew or maybe her parents knew what it said…nope. When I asked her where she got it, she got really embarrassed and admitted she...
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Merry Christmas!!!
One of my students got his holidays a little confused. Merry Christmas from me and Spider Santa!!!
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It’s cold
It has been quite cold and windy lately. Personally, I have no reference for how warm or cold a witch’s breasts might be. I did not teach this expression. I’m aware of the expression but it’s not part...
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Monday Illness
The topic was illnesses that aren’t really illnesses. The example that class was given was an ice cream headache/ brain freeze. This was my favorite by far.
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I’m cry, no speek.
Sometimes when you turn your back on your textbook your students will leave you notes. This was a little heartbreaking and cute, at the same time. No one would cop to it and everyone thought it was...
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Magic Pooh
“Hunter, why are your hands purple?” I asked. He hesitated so I asked, in Korean. “손들이 보라색, 왜요?” “Magic pooh,” he replied uncertainly. **I have since discovered that ‘magic pooh’ is a real thing....
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Excuses
I truly appreciate honesty from my students. I laughed out loud when I received this message. I did forgive her.
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