Facebookin' with the 애들.

A couple of months back, I set up a Facebook account specifically for my students, because enough of the little buggers are on there now that I've been getting requests. And they don't need to know everything about my personal life, so Liz Teacher has her own account. It's been a great experience so far, especially since the students I'm "friends" with now are all my outgoing third graders, which means I can let my hair down with them quite a bit, and also I'll be able to keep in touch with them after they've gone.

But the things that have gone on. Haha. The greatest hits so far?

Well. The most popular question is....

"쌤!저아세요??"

Of course I do.

And some slightly less brilliant questions as well, such as:

"원래이름이[my full name in Korean]인가용??"

Then, there are the comments about Busan, who it wasn't difficult for them to find:

"쌤 남친귀여우시네요"

"wow handsome~~~"

"ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ우왕남친도있으시다니ㅠㅠㅠ"

"u didnt tell me u had a boy friend who is HOTTIE!!!(I am not gay kkk)"

Words I didn't need to know they knew. And my personal favorite of that bunch:

"wowowowoowwowowowo"

It's almost English, I think.

Then there are the ones who don't actually speak English, constantly trying to decode my messages until I translate them into Korean:

"........공부많이하고있다는예긴가요....무슨말인지...."

Which, at first, I tried to avoid doing until the popular consensus came back:

"근데저는리즈쌤이한글쓰는걸보고싶어요~^^"

But the best result so far has definitely been this:

"쌤이랑이랑게예기나누니까좋네요~^^"

The feeling is very mutual. But talking together would be a little easier if they'd watch their typos, misspellings, grammatical errors and 애교. It's been hell on my rusty Korean. And I highly recommend getting your kids involved with a teacher version of your Facebook page for this exact reason.