May 5th is Children's Day in Korea, and this year the kids are getting a bum deal because what is supposed to be a holiday--as in no school, an extra free day to play--falls on a Sunday.
Poor kids.
One class of 2nd graders did inform me last week, just to make sure, that Children's day was coming up.
"Teacher, present please!"
"Why?" I asked, feigning ignorance.
A bit affronted, they responded in their limited English, "Teacher! Children's Day! Present!"
Never one to let a good opportunity pass by, I replied (with a serious face and tone), "You're big! You're not children!"
"No, we are little! Look . . ." and several of them got down on the floor.
Ah, the entertainment!
Seriously, such occasions are a good way to get my students to think about how to use new language, how to meld the English they have learned into coherent responses.
That's the plan anyway.
Sometimes I wonder what some of them tell their parents about me:)
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