Thursday, October 9, 2008

Teaching...is a blast!

So...I'm half way through my first week of teaching. Some classes have been angelic, while others have been less so. All in all, I've had a lot of fun so far and I laugh at the students...a lot. I have had them ask me the strangest questions. Once, near the end of class, a girl raised her hand and asked me if I had children. WHAT? I've also had nearly every class ask if I had a boyfriend. Nosy little blighters... I get the feeling that once I answer in the negative, they all look at me slightly condescendingly. Today, I had the post graduate students and they were my favorite by far. I laugh to myself so much when I remember the class. They were very dismayed that I made them speak in English. One guy in the back kept talking in French no matter how many times I told him not to. Another teacher came in half way through and the guy in the back yelled, "Parlez en anglais!" or "Speak in English!" I found this ironic as he yelled it in French. One guy asked what Americans thought of French people. I said that they thought the French didn't like Americans and when I asked him if he liked Americans, he said "no." My favorite answer by far, when I asked them what they liked to do for fun came from one of they guys. His answer? Sex. What do you say to that? "Erm...that's nice?" Oh these crazy french kids...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hehe, those crazy French. Wonder which is ornerier, the kids or the adults...

Unknown said...

Wow. Great kids you got there. Sounds amusing to me!!

PS: quit calling me when I am in the caf!! That's twice now!!