Sunday, October 30, 2011

I need to learn Korean

As many of you know, my class of kiddos is quite diverse.  I LOVE it.  I love hearing them talk and going back and forth between English, Spanish, Korean, back to English, some more Spanish, etc...all in one sentence.  While I enjoy hearing it and think it's quite adorable, I get lost when the Korean words start coming.  I can handle English and Spanish, but Korean is another story.  I don't understand it at all.  So, when there was an "incident" the other day on the playground, I was "up a creek without a paddle" as my dad always said.  Here's what happened.

Student 1- "Miss Rigel, Student 2 called me a bad name in Korean!"
Miss Rigel- "Student 2, what did you call Student 1?"
Student 2- "I called him a lajdflkajoiiwehfoajkdjfweoa."
Miss Rigel- ".........."
Miss Rigel- "Ok, Student 2, don't call Student 1 a lajdflkajoiiwehfoajkdjfweoa again, please.  Jesus wants us to be kind to one another."
Student 2- "But Miss Rigel, it's not a bad name!"
Student 1- "Yes it is! A lajdflkajoiiwehfoajkdjfweoa is a akldjflwjeeaoeijf and a oiwejojfalkjaldflk and that's not nice!"
Student 2- "No it's not!  alkdjlajklwjeoirjealkfjakd is a bad name, but lajdflkajoiiwehfoajkdjfweoa is not.  weioruialjdlkfakflwefjlweoijflakfjlwajoeijaoijeiwawoaijfowejioajfowjowfaojidfa....."
(At this point, I was beyond lost, so I had to end it.)
Miss Rigel- "Ok, Student 1 and Student 2, please just be kind and maybe take a little break from each other right now." 
Students 1 and 2- "Ok, Miss Rigel."
Miss Rigel, walking away defeated- "I need to learn Korean."

And just for kicks, an adorable picture of some of my Korean loves...these were not the ones arguing, by the way.  :)

They are too cute, I could just eat them up!  :)

2 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness!! So funny!! How did you not start laughing!! Don't feel defeated...you are an amazing teacher...and even amazing teachers don't know everything! That is what life is all about...always learning, always growing! :) Just keep loving your students and doing what you're doing!

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  2. Thanks, Lins! You are always such an encouragement to me! I couldn't be here without you. :)

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