Of course, English is boring. What, did you expect Korean children to be enamored by this mysterious and grammatically haphazard language? Maybe some are, but my kindergarteners certainly aren't.
Today, one of the little girls fell asleep in class. Like, dead-to-the-world asleep, face down flat on her open book. She's always a little drowsy in class, so I thought maybe she was just taking a little siesta. But when we all turned the page and she didn't move, I was actually able to lift her head, hold it up while I turned her page for her, then set her head back down on the book, all without waking her.
Maybe I should have been a bit more strict, but she obviously needed some sleep, and it was too funny to bother keeping her awake.
Another couple of gems from the kindergarteners (this time, the smart class):
When I came into class this morning, I guess one of the little boys had done something to make the other kids angry, because one of the girls piped up and said, "EVERYBODY! DON'T PLAY WITH ANDY, HE IS A BAD STUDENT!!" I felt a little bad for Andy, but bless their little hearts, they're so insanely good at English ;_;
Later in class, I was having them practice reading aloud. They're all really obsessive about who gets the boy and girl parts from the book, and I can barely ever get a boy to read a girl's part. Brian and Alice were reading partners, and Alice immediately asked for the boy's part. Brian said, "Alice, you are the boy?!" Alice replied, "It's cute."
Ah, these little kindergarten buggers. They're making me age a little quicker than I would've liked, but they keep me laughing too :-)
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