Out the door to hwaeshik in about five minutes. No time for anything these days, but I'll leave you with some scary stories written by my mental second graders. Happy Halloween, and that.
1.
There is a house and a old woman lives in this house. One day this house was destroyed by country people because many people thinks that she is which, so she is angry she kill country people. by her eyes. One day the cuntry people all die but they became zombies finally which was die. This zombies walk and walk so this country to be zombie city. Surprising The End!
2.
Once upon a time I went to a house. The door closed and there was a ghost. I open a door. The house was ghost! We make a fire and run away from that house we were so scared.
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horror story: I stayed my house. Whne open the box and appear Misuk. Oh my god It's a Misuk Misuk said, I love you so I must sleep you together. Oh my god go away I hate you Misuk said I'm your mother what say? The boy said, Oh sorry I looked like a monster. OK, tried eating. The midnight, the boy die.
4.
When I was young, I promised with the devil. Devil gave me much money But I will be adult, I'll have a son. I'll give my son to Devil. However I don't want to give my son. So Devil gets angry so Devil kills my wife and son, and Devil kills me.
Not bad, I say. These are A ban, and even for them, even in a group, this was a lot to ask. They really fucking freeze up when you ask them to tell a story or do anything spontaneous. I don't blame them. I do the same fucking thing in Korean, and I've had way more exposure to those expectations than they have. But I think they did a fucking great job. Were you scared? The one about Misuk being your mother who lives in a box and looks like a monster but wants to sleep together with you kind of scared me, to be honest.
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Disturbing. But are you sure it isn't the boy that looks like a monster?
"Oh my god go away I hate you Misuk said I'm your mother what say? The boy said, Oh sorry I looked like a monster."
This reminds me of that South Park episode when the boys have seen too much crazy shit on TV and are telling disturbing stories.
Haha I'm pretty sure, but I can't give you a reason for that, other than that deciphering their English has become almost an instinct.
I think what they meant was that the boy said, "I hate you!" And Misuk said, "I'm your mother. What are you saying to me?" And the boy said, "Oh sorry. I thought you were a monster." You know they mix up look/see because of 보다. As in, I said that only because I saw like [you looked like] a monster. But you know. Who knows. Either way, the sleeping together/mother part was the real crux of the issue, if you ask me.
"Either way, the sleeping together/mother part was the real crux of the issue, if you ask me."
I interpreted that rather innocently. Aren't they too young to...
They're 15 Korean age! Nearly 16....
And yeah, they are too young to make the mother connection, but they knew full well what they had written with the "sleeping you together" thing. They just tried to cover it over with the mother thing. Wrong direction.
I've also had students try to tell me that if they have a lot of money, then girls will like them by managing to come out with "buy girls!" Once they see my face in response, they get really embarrassed.
"but I'll leave you with some scary stories written by my mental second graders."
"They're 15 Korean age! Nearly 16...."
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I'm out of the loop.
>>if they have a lot of money, then girls will like them by managing to come out with "buy girls!"
What does that even mean? Does it mean what I think it means?
http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s07e06-lil-crime-stoppers
Haha I teach at a middle school. They start over. First grade: 14; second grade: 15; third grade: 16.
And all they mean by "buy girls" is that if you are rich, then you can get a lot of girlfriends. But when they realize what they've managed to say in English, it clicks.... they don't mean that. Most of the time. Although they're no little blushing flowers. Today, when I told them I would show a short video to start class, there were several cries of, "Teacher ERO?!" (Ero = erotic = porn.)
Also, I had no idea I could watch South Park online here. Most of the US tv websites are blocked from South Korea. That's my night made, then.
Wow. Btw, this blog shatters my image of young Korean students being totally well-behaved robots. Shame on you! haha... just kidding.
OMG I love the Misuk one! That sounds about like what I'd get out of mine, too. ^_^
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