Me: So, you have a lot of vacation coming up!
Student: only three weeks.
Me: yeah. it's a lot, though.
Student: no, it's the minimum.
Me: Well I guess there's a reason why the word for "vacation" in French is always plural, amirite?
Student: ...
Me: Just... Don't ever move to the U.S. for work, ok?
[listening to a dialog about iron deficiency with a student for TOEFL prep]
Student: I don't understand. She says there's a lack of... higher?
Me: Actually, she says there's a lack of iron.
Student: What is eye-run?
Me: It's a mineral... In French, it's le fer.
Student: ... OH! It's like Eye-Run Man! (Iron Man)
- Seriously, I could fill the internet with moments I have like this.
Me: "So, tell me, what did you do this weekend?"
[listening to a dialog about iron deficiency with a student for TOEFL prep]
Student: I don't understand. She says there's a lack of... higher?
Me: Actually, she says there's a lack of iron.
Student: What is eye-run?
Me: It's a mineral... In French, it's le fer.
Student: ... OH! It's like Eye-Run Man! (Iron Man)
- Seriously, I could fill the internet with moments I have like this.
Me: "So, tell me, what did you do this weekend?"
Student: "I visited the monkey forest. and then I went to the eagle dungeon. And then a vulture tapped my wife on the head! It was a very nice weekend."
Me: "....Were you playing a video game???"
Student: "No."
Student: What do you call the husband of the cow?
Me: Husband of the cow? Um... You mean a bull?
Student: Oh! Like Red Bull?!
And what kind of teacher would I be if I couldn't laugh at myself? So here's a conversation I had with a group of people in French (I've translated)...
Me: "Where we were staying in Spain, there were almost no Spanish people, just French and Germany--"
Friend 1: "Oh you mean, Germans."
Me: "Ah, yes, that's right, thanks."
Friend 2: "I can't believe you just corrected her in front of everyone, how embarrassing for her."
Me: "No, no, it's ok. Please, I want you to spank me when I'm wrong!"
Cut to everyone bursting out laughing and me wondering what the eff is going on... (apparently, "corrige-moi" would be our equivalent of saying "I've been a bad, baaaad girl...")
ca suffit pour l'instant!
xx
Me: "Where we were staying in Spain, there were almost no Spanish people, just French and Germany--"
Friend 1: "Oh you mean, Germans."
Me: "Ah, yes, that's right, thanks."
Friend 2: "I can't believe you just corrected her in front of everyone, how embarrassing for her."
Me: "No, no, it's ok. Please, I want you to spank me when I'm wrong!"
Cut to everyone bursting out laughing and me wondering what the eff is going on... (apparently, "corrige-moi" would be our equivalent of saying "I've been a bad, baaaad girl...")
ca suffit pour l'instant!
xx
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