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)