I'm attempting a second series to go along with Turkish Meal Mondays. I'm considering calling it "What the Heck?! Wednesdays." I know it's Thursday. Too bad.
"What the Heck?! Wednesdays" will focus on the heart-warming, rediculous, and sometimes frustrating stories from our school days. Teaching in Turkey is trying and difficult. We come home exhausted, our days off are nothing short of precious. That being said, we love our students. Most of the time. They are creative, silly, smart, obnoxious, loud, affectionate and adorable. And they make for some delightful stories. Enjoy...
Scene: Breakfast time in the Cafeteria
Cast: Miss Erin and 2a (2nd grade monkeys)
Stars of the show: Aylin, Muhamet Emir, and Pelin
While eating a breakfast of olives, cheese, bread, and chocolate spread, I noticed Aylin looking around her plate for something to spread her chocolate with. She eyed me for a few seconds and then turned to Pelin and Muhamet Emir.
Aylin is very bright, and enthusiastic. Sometimes she forgets the English words that she already knows, but she always wants to say it to me in English. Muhamet Emir is SUPER good at English. He never forgets ANYTHING. Even though I have two students in my class who speak English fluently, children often turn to Muhamet Emir to translate something from them. Pelin is a goof-ball. She is crazy sociable, and crazy funny, and crazy everything. So that's the combination of minds working on figuring out the word "knife."
Heads pressed together. Whispers were exchanged. Nods of agreement... Aylin emerges... and confidently announces "Miss Erin, I haven't got any trousers!"
Cue Pelin and Muhamet Emir falling off their chairs in a fit of shrieking giggles.
Aylin whipped her head around in suspicion, and realized too late that trousers was not the word she was looking for.
I have to hand it to them. They got her good.
"What the Heck?! Wednesdays" will focus on the heart-warming, rediculous, and sometimes frustrating stories from our school days. Teaching in Turkey is trying and difficult. We come home exhausted, our days off are nothing short of precious. That being said, we love our students. Most of the time. They are creative, silly, smart, obnoxious, loud, affectionate and adorable. And they make for some delightful stories. Enjoy...
Scene: Breakfast time in the Cafeteria
Cast: Miss Erin and 2a (2nd grade monkeys)
Stars of the show: Aylin, Muhamet Emir, and Pelin
While eating a breakfast of olives, cheese, bread, and chocolate spread, I noticed Aylin looking around her plate for something to spread her chocolate with. She eyed me for a few seconds and then turned to Pelin and Muhamet Emir.
Aylin is very bright, and enthusiastic. Sometimes she forgets the English words that she already knows, but she always wants to say it to me in English. Muhamet Emir is SUPER good at English. He never forgets ANYTHING. Even though I have two students in my class who speak English fluently, children often turn to Muhamet Emir to translate something from them. Pelin is a goof-ball. She is crazy sociable, and crazy funny, and crazy everything. So that's the combination of minds working on figuring out the word "knife."
Heads pressed together. Whispers were exchanged. Nods of agreement... Aylin emerges... and confidently announces "Miss Erin, I haven't got any trousers!"
Cue Pelin and Muhamet Emir falling off their chairs in a fit of shrieking giggles.
Aylin whipped her head around in suspicion, and realized too late that trousers was not the word she was looking for.
I have to hand it to them. They got her good.
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SO funny! This is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks Danielle. I sure got a good laugh out of it!
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