Today, one of the students told me that her earliest childhood memory (actually part of an assignment) was that she and her cousin—many years younger than she was at the time—turned out to have an imaginary friend with the same bizarre name. Read more →
My favorite Russian student and I were talking about what happens when you lose a tooth as a child. I told him the American way of celebrating this rite of passage. Then he told me what Russian parents do..... Read more →
One time in a group class (we had been together for a good length of time), I asked if anyone had ever stolen anything. Most answers were about minor things like candy or lipstick, maybe a magazine. Then I got an answer that shocked me. There was a very quiet girl from Japan who had hardly spoken the whole time during the class. Read more →
I had a new group of German students when I was teaching in Malta. This was called a "closed" group, meaning the students all knew each other and came to Malta together. It was my first day with them. And that meant the school sponsored a get-together the night before--a free ride to Paceville--the drinking center of Malta. Some clubs even offered free drinks to lure in newcomers, many of which were new students. Read more →
Finally, Antonio and Roberto got up to what everyone had been waiting for. Antonio said he he heard himself gasp. Read more →
My boss walked by my classroom which had a glass wall. So when she saw some kids sleeping, she burst in the room and began screaming at the kids, who went into shock. Read more →
I do remember three boys sauntering up to the uterine model and inspecting it. (The model baby was a boy.) Read more →