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[Underwaterbob]

I'm sure there's another thread out there with humorous student blunders, but I'm not inclined to find it.

I'm marking lesson plans created by university students and in the procedure column one student has written a heading in big bold letters: "Do it with your partner!"

[IncognitoHFX]

Haha.

I tried to explain to my kids today that we don't play with our friends, we hang out with them.

This is because:

"What did you do on the weekend?"

"I played with my friend!" "Okay... what about you?"

"I just... play with myself."

It's hard not to laugh.

[Davew125]

i once had a student write in her journal that her favourite food was pizza and cock....

[MikeGrey]

[bewolff]

This is the same as Chinese...obviously one is derived from the other. Qu Wa'er means 'to go out with and do something' generally with friends, but translates directly, 'go out to play.'

I think it is funny how students confused 'kitchen' and 'chicken.' That it self is not so funny, but when I play a word guessing game in which one group should give clues to another and the words to be guessed is 'chicken,' the clue given by the students is often 'kitchen' or vica versa.

I suppose the fact that I think this is funny suggests a certain measure of boredom can be ascribed to my personality.

[Jeweltone]

Try the "tongue twister" I used with my students:
Gretchen plucked chickens in the kitchen, then clucked.

[Zutronius]

Teacher, I'm tired, you tired, let's sleep together!

[Ultimo Hombre]

"Teacher my shit is green!"
WHAT? Oh, your shirt.

In a journal:
"I want to mate many times."

I have no idea of the context with that last one.

[Straphanger]

Today I was blind-drilling some Phonics students.

DESK = D - I - C - K.

...

Yeeeah...

[Silk]

At my last hagwan, teaching elementary, there was a picture of a man hunched over, with a look of worry, the word was supposed to be "worried."

One of the students says something in Korean, and they all start giggling. I ask what's so funny, and one of the boys tells me in all seriousness: "Teacher, the big one."

That's an A for fluency for the day.

[BS.Dos.]

It's called malapropism.

[RACETRAITOR]

I've got a collection of them here:

http://b3ta.com/questions/innuendo/post173416

[BS.Dos.]

^

-"I work more than 40 hours a week, take an evening course. Meanwhile, my bone is growing."

Nice.

[schwa]

Small talk question to a girls middle school class today:
"What would you do if you were a boy?"

Lots of funny answers but the best one, one girl says: "I'd make a boyfriend."
"Why?"
"I'm gay."

[pootle]

"I really like your rainbow muff."

I was wearing a stripey scarf at the time, thank god/allah/buddha (delete as appropriate.)

I've also been asked if I wanted "some cock", but he was clutching a bottle of Coke so I didn't call the police.