Monday, 19 November 2012
Octo-Pussy
After a last long weekend this summer, I asked my low intermediate students what they did and Miguel said,
"I went to the beach. It was very sunny and the weather was very nice. I swam a lot and I started reading a new English book"
So far so good! I thought that was very good and that he was doing better with the past simple. I was really happy about the progress and even about the fact that he was very obviously more relaxed...
Then, he said;
"I took a lot of the sun and I ate a lot of octopussy with my girlfriend and her friends"
A few of the students caught the "joke" and burst out laughing, the rest, with perplexed looks on their faces insisted on an explanation....
The look on my face, as I tried to figure out how best to politely explain the difference between an Octopus and an ....pussy.
I love teaching, and these awkard moments are part of my job.
Where the hell is James Bond?
"I went to the beach. It was very sunny and the weather was very nice. I swam a lot and I started reading a new English book"
So far so good! I thought that was very good and that he was doing better with the past simple. I was really happy about the progress and even about the fact that he was very obviously more relaxed...
Then, he said;
"I took a lot of the sun and I ate a lot of octopussy with my girlfriend and her friends"
A few of the students caught the "joke" and burst out laughing, the rest, with perplexed looks on their faces insisted on an explanation....
The look on my face, as I tried to figure out how best to politely explain the difference between an Octopus and an ....pussy.
I love teaching, and these awkard moments are part of my job.
Where the hell is James Bond?
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