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[crazylemongirl]

so who has some good stories about some freaky student that you have taught in your time here. The prize is a handle of beer at the next gathering.

CLG

[The Man known as The Man]

okay I say this in good spirit what does "handle" mean?

A pitcher?

Rounds all night?

[crazylemongirl]

[camel96]

I once "taught" a girl who used to spend the whole class either slithering around on the ground making hissing noises and pretending to be a snake or crouched there howling. Man, she was fucked up. One time she dropped her pants and peed on the floor of a co-workers class. Interestingly her father pulled her out of the hagwon 'cause he claimed the teachers didn't care for her well enough. Presumably we were supposed to feed her live mice or something.

[gajackson1]

I didn't want to be first, but I will be second!

I have a boy now - guess he is about 8???

Not great English and - thankfully! - he has a class to himself.

Sometimes, when he gets confused or excited, he will stand up, c-o-c-k his head to one side, and walk around in little circles - while vigorously rubbing his nipples with his palms.

It's more than a little freaky, and I have NO ONE to approach about it - there are no Korean co-teachers, and his mom wouldn't understand my question (and I sure as Sky ain't gonna pantomime it for her!)

He doesn't seem to have any other issues per se. Just that one. MML!

Glen

[Zed]

[crazylemongirl]

ok this thread is inspired by a boy who's probably 9 korean age. He it's a bit on the dim side. A few weeks ago he tried to get into school, and we have double doors usually one is locked. So he is trying to get through an obviously locked door the korean teacher yells at him to try the other one but he won't and ends up slipping on his but.

Today in class I saw him saying hello to his one eye snake. I just politely ask him a question and he subtly removes his hands from his pants.

CLG

[Derrek]

[Joe Thanks]

I used to teach an eight year old boy who was seriously hyperactive. When he played joondachi with other stude ts in the hall, between classes he would eat the ones he'd won. Every time I entered the classroom he'd try to ambush me. I'm 6ft 2 and could be a pro wrestler/American football player. It takes a lot to bring me down.

Shy of chainsawing my kneecaps this kid could never take me down, yet he alway tried. He was obssessed with it. Not in a playful way but in a Don Quioxte way. So, before class and as I'd leave class this kid would try running drop-kicks and bounce off of me. I barely felt anything and he'd go flying into the ground.

I had one poor girl piss on me. She was 3 and I can forgive her. Poor thing wanted to read along when I had the class in a circle for story time and she just jumped on my knee; but I guess she lost control because mid-way through the story I felt a warm, wet sensation on my knee.

One middle school student greeted me as I entered class with the question, "Teacher, do you like sex?" Totally out of the blue and very goofy. Another student asked me a legitimate question so I didn't even have to address the issue and dealt with the real world and not their joke/prank/general quesiton/whatever motivation they had.

Finally, I had one student who followed me around everywhere at the hagwon. If I set my books down they'd pick them up and insist on carrying them. If I was going towards the water cooler they'd rush ahead and have a cup of it ready for me. When I aksed them why they did these things they said "teacher, you're cool."

In general I like teaching Korean kids and can handle them when they are hyper. I haven't had too many nutters - yet. I would just prefer that I never get peed on again.


Cheers,

Joe

[Mr. Pink]

The wierdest student I ever had was about 4yrs ago.

She was a girl about 10yrs old. Man I had tried to put her out of my memory, but this thread just brought it out of retirement.

Her English name was Jane. Let's just say she wasn't normal. She was mentally handicapped in a few different ways. She would just start screaming in class for no reason, then boom, stop with the same suddenness. She was pretty crazy about the fact I was a foreigner, and she would do all kinds of crazy things to show it. Like grab onto me and NOT let go, or freak out any other kid that tried to get my attention. She once BIT me...and that is when I told my supervisor the girl had to go.

Freakiest student I ever had. Thanks for digging THAT memory out of the archieves

[justagirl]

Last week one of my students came in late to class. He had a stick in one hand and seeing the potential danger of having a stick in a room of 13, 12-year-old boys, I immediately told him to put it in his bag or give it to me. He said he'd put it in his bag, so cool.

Then (this is where the freaky student comes in), another boy, who has already spent half of his classes under the table, rolling around the room, or wobbling his head around and looking at the ceiling, races over and decides HE wants the stick.

When I hear the commotion (on the other side of the room doing attendance), the freaky kid has both his hands wrapped around the stick-kid's neck in a death choke! He won't let go, cause the stick-kid wouldn't give him the stick. He was literally pressing his thumbs into the stick-kid's windpipe.

For goodness sakes! Some of these kids need to take anger management courses!

justagirl

ps--the snake girl wins my vote

[Blue Flower]

Well, I am pleased to admit that none of my students are as strange as these ones!

[rapier]

Hilarious! Don't think I can compete with any of the above...!

[osangrl]

I have a little kindergarden student, she is about 7 and she puts her fingers down the front of her pants, smells them and then chases me around the room after seeing me squirm!

[Saxiif]

Well there's always gampe haksaeng. I swear the little thug is going to be Korea's next crimelord once he gets out of kindergarten. He beats up kids 3 years older than him and he comes the closest to pimping I imagine a kindy student can come (ordering his female sidekick to dongchim people). He ever wears black all the time and (of course) he's my boss' first born son.