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recrudescence at 11:09pm on 22/09/2008 under korea
recrudescence at 11:09pm on 22/09/2008 under koreaI'm pretty sure I had a first grader with a hand down her panties for a few seconds in class today. Never let it be said I don't keep a close eye on my kids.
My fifth graders are awesome--had my first class with them today, and they're all sweet and smart and amused themselves thoroughly by hiding under their desks at the beginning of their second class. Little freaks. Just five of them, including two sets of fraternal twins. One girl on the attendance list only had her Korean name listed, so I assumed she must have very recently chosen her English name. Most people trying to learn English do, which I find fascinating and humbling at the same time.
Every now and then, a kid comes in without one and has to get named. It's not srs biz, either--sometimes, a teacher will name a kid, just for convenience's sake. And when there were two Kevins in the preschool class, one of them showed up the next day rechristened Sean. Of course, this means it can be hard to catch some kids' attention sometimes, by yowling out a name they're not used to recognizing...
One lady I met just picked her English name a couple weeks ago, after debating between Jasmine and Julie (which seems to be a popular choice, though she wound up choosing Jasmine).
Another one shot down her husband's suggestion to go by Phoebe and chose Esther instead. Apparently he's a huge Friends fan.
There are also a lot of guys here studying American law. And one of my third graders, when asked who she would want to come to school if she could pick anyone in the world, promptly reeled off choices that included Beyonce, High School Muscial, Hannah Montana, and the Jonas brothers.
Oh, globalization.
Just sayin', sometimes it feels like the rest of the world bends over backwards to accommodate my culture, for better or for worse, and I don't do half as much work as I should in return.
Also, hi! I'm behind on comments, but not on my flist, and I downloaded the House premiere a few days ago and kind of feel the need to write something. I'm not as enchanted with the show as I once was, but it can still push my buttons.
My fifth graders are awesome--had my first class with them today, and they're all sweet and smart and amused themselves thoroughly by hiding under their desks at the beginning of their second class. Little freaks. Just five of them, including two sets of fraternal twins. One girl on the attendance list only had her Korean name listed, so I assumed she must have very recently chosen her English name. Most people trying to learn English do, which I find fascinating and humbling at the same time.
Every now and then, a kid comes in without one and has to get named. It's not srs biz, either--sometimes, a teacher will name a kid, just for convenience's sake. And when there were two Kevins in the preschool class, one of them showed up the next day rechristened Sean. Of course, this means it can be hard to catch some kids' attention sometimes, by yowling out a name they're not used to recognizing...
One lady I met just picked her English name a couple weeks ago, after debating between Jasmine and Julie (which seems to be a popular choice, though she wound up choosing Jasmine).
Another one shot down her husband's suggestion to go by Phoebe and chose Esther instead. Apparently he's a huge Friends fan.
There are also a lot of guys here studying American law. And one of my third graders, when asked who she would want to come to school if she could pick anyone in the world, promptly reeled off choices that included Beyonce, High School Muscial, Hannah Montana, and the Jonas brothers.
Oh, globalization.
Just sayin', sometimes it feels like the rest of the world bends over backwards to accommodate my culture, for better or for worse, and I don't do half as much work as I should in return.
Also, hi! I'm behind on comments, but not on my flist, and I downloaded the House premiere a few days ago and kind of feel the need to write something. I'm not as enchanted with the show as I once was, but it can still push my buttons.
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