Why kids are funny

I helped one of my friends teach an English/Korean taekwondo class today. It was fun. At the end each student had to write their dream on a board and then they had to break it. Some of them had dreams like "I want to be a lawyer when I grow up" or "I want to be a policeman when I grow up". But my absolute favorite was a little kid who was about 6. Apparently his dream was to eat noodles.

Lost in Translation

Here are some of the better things some of my students have said or written in the past few months...


"My mom buys creamy peanut butter and crunky peanut butter" ~So Hee (10)

written on a spelling test: I am a Crackodl. You is Capitan Hook! ~Daniel S. (Kinder)

Max is a brand of beer: "Max gives Daddy crazy eyes" ~Claire (Kinder)

Talking about a CD-ROM game: "Teacher, in my house, this is yes." ~Daniel S. (Kinder)

There was a clutch spelling error on George's written spelling sentences: Field- An area in which a crap is grown ~George (Kindergarten)

Written on a note that his Mom attached to a cake that they gave me: Dear Julie Teacher, I want to live with you and I miss you. I love you!! Daniel. Y. ~Daniel Y. (Kinder)

"I was volcano of anger. And Mommy was volcano of anger." ~Claire (Kinder)

In a classroom conversation about Dokdo: "Teacher, you're not Korean. You wouldn't understand." ~Wendy (10)