The best of this week’s quotes from my elementary students in South Korea (and some thrown in from friends too)

Some of you may remember from last week my student who continually became obsessed about The Canadian One and I not getting married but yet moving to Canada together. This week, she decided to spread a rumor that I am getting married, made an entire class sing congratulations to me and she snuck into my classroom four hours before her class was due to start while I was dealing with a kid and his nose bleed (that bled all over my floor) and left me a note:

Speaking of notes, I found this one on my board on Monday:

And this picture on my desk this morning, the day after the kids were told I was leaving:

I was also given this as a present:

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Meanwhile, in another class:

A kid stands up in the middle of class and yells: ‘YOUR FACE TELLS LIES!!!’ at his friend who was across the room.

And no, no I have no idea why.

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Sometimes being an English teacher to kids that don’t speak much English requires all the deduction of Sherlock Holmes.

Kid: ‘Teacher final test yesterday you bye-bye day?’

Pause

Me: ‘The 27th? Yes. Your test is on the 27th.’

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Me: ‘What’s proud?’

Kid 1: ‘Prize.’

Kid 2: ‘Prize?’

Kid 1: ‘Prize. Yes.’

Kid 2: ‘Chicken?’

Kid 1: ‘What?’

Kid 2: ‘Fried chicken?’

Kid 1: ‘No, no FRIED, PRIZE.’

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I’m standing at the whiteboard after class. A kid comes up to me.

Kid: ‘Teacher is simple.’

Pause.

Kid: ‘Wait..’

She scrunches up her face.

Kid: ‘No.’

Then she left.

…WHAT?!!

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Me: ‘Name a country.’