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KWhitehead

What's the strangest question one of your students has ever asked? Something that's just left you so dumbfounded you really don't know how to react? I've got a tie, but both questions are from the same girl.

Do you have four seasons in the US?

Do you have seafood in America?

stil · Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 259 Location: Hunan

Well? Don't leave us in suspense. What are the answers?

Super Frank · Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 365

My mate got a text "what are you?"

kev7161 · Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 5880 Location: Suzhou, China

My novice 1st grade students:

"Mr. Kevin?"

"Yes?"

"What's your name?"

(and then they laugh!)

Hendahu · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 69

One of my first graders asked me, " What do you put in your eyes to make them that color?" I have light blue eyes, not seen much here.

KWhitehead · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject:

personally, i use bleach for mine. hurts the first couple of times. maybe you should use ammonia if you're sensitive.

no_exit · Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 565 Location: Kunming

The other day one of my kindergarten students asked me if I was the mother of the little girl next to her. Shocked

The kid didn't even look remotely foreign. Kinda out of the blue.

elliot · Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 19 Location: China

Kindy kid: "Why are your eyes so big"
Me: "So I can closely monitor your every move"
Kindy kid: (perplexed look on face) Runs away

Calories · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 361 Location: Chinese Food Hell

Student: How can a person become born again?

me: Shocked

This ain't religion class kid.

mondrian · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject:

amandabarrick · Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 391

"What are you from?"

"Do you have McDonald's in the U.S.?"
"Do you have KFC?"
"I think the U.S. doesn't have mosquitos, right?"
"Do you have rice in the U.S.?"
"Do people drive cars in the U.S.?"

Sometimes I screw with them: "No, we don't have anything in the U.S. People are still on horseback hunting with bows and arrows. Once when I was a child I saw a T.V."

Of course, I love the "Why are you..." questions. How are we supposed to respond? "Why are you so fat, tall, white, etc..."

--AB

Calories · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 361 Location: Chinese Food Hell

why are you so fat is a valid question for many american women!

KWhitehead · Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:15 am Post subject:

"Why are you so lecherous?" would be a valid question for a lot of American men!

Paul Barufaldi · Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 271 Location: Beijing

Just today I got asked, not by the students but by the monitoring teacher, if the United States uses Arabic numerals like China does.

I had to bite my tongue to stop from telling her that no, in fact, we're still on the Roman system, and creditting China for being way ahead of us on this one.

footsteps · Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 187

When you go shopping in China, do you use RMB ? (from a University student)