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[Yesanman]

I taught a class of 12 agriculture students (all male) at my university "The History and Many Uses of the Word F@@@" by George Carlin.
http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/576828.html

They thought it was the greatest class ever.
"Don't f@@@ with me buddy" became their favourite phrase.
Couldn't get them to learn much of anything in 14 weeks until I did the F-word class. They remembered everything I taught them that day.

If you read the lyrics, it's also good for a grammar lesson. He talks about verbs, adverbs, adjectives, etc.

[Samantha]

[Junior]

On my first day i had no plans so i taught the kids all about spacecraft. Repeat after me...sattelite...repeat after me: rocket launcher!
I'm sure it wil be very useful to them when they arrive at adulthood 10 years from now.

[Fredbob]

Condoms and on a related note, why they are necessary for anal sex. The uni girls were all up for it but I thought the lawyers in their 40's were going to cry since it was the girls asking the questions.

[Son Deureo!]

Some of the bankshots of my educational career in Korea that have caught me by surprise:

The drinking/card game "arsehole".

I taught a class of nine year olds how to let air into their stomachs so they could make really loud and long belches.

I taught my Korean teachers the lyrics to "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells".

I taught a group of middle school boys about ovulation (they didn't know that humans and other mammals have eggs).

I explained the names of several different types of lingerie to a class of adult women when they were talking about shopping.

I explained to a class of adult students who killed Korean president Park Jeong-hee.

I've found myself explaining to a surprising number of Korean adults the axis of the Earth, angle of insolation, and how they create the 4 seasons of which Koreans are so proud.

[IrishJen]

So far, the greatest thing I have taught my high school students is the word "minging" and its many applications.

I was teaching British and Irish slang - they know enough American slang already, and our's is much more fun!

And in another class, I taught bogies/boogers. Well they asked!

[Boodleheimer]

i taught university students pig latin.

that was pretty cool, but most of them sucked at it.

what i really want is for my students to get my numerous quotes from 'Ghostbusters', but that would probably involve too much work.

[gotte00]

One my my former co-workers taught his group of 1st-2nd graders the song, not sure of the title, but the chorus goes like this: I see you there baby, shaking that arse, shaking that arse, etc.

I taught a group of kids the Flinstones theme song, they loved the yaba daba doo part of the song. Also useing Schoolhouse Rock dvds for my first and second graders. They can't beleive that cartoons were made nearly 30 years.

[Benicio]

Teaching my advanced uni class about "gaydar"- how Koreans don't seem to have any gaydar at all.
Don't worry, I didn't disparage the gay community. It arose from a discussion about the Korean actor Hong Seok-Cheon and how they were so surprised when he came out of the closet.

The other thing was telling them about how we learned about the different drugs in middle school health class. They seemed stunned- "Why would you teach school kids about drugs?"

"Because ignorance is dangerous!" was my reply.

That's my new mantra for Korea!

[migooknom]

i told my class about 420

[SPINOZA]

My classes go off on bizarre tangents all the time and most of my profound wisdom would be considered weird by the inferior herd of humanity but particularly striking memories are when my class on comparative and superlative adjectives turned into a lecture on how a H-bomb works, and when a class at summer camp ended up a lecture on how Heroin is made. A kid mentioned it (it's the same word in Korean), so why not explore it? I learnt something new myself - kids are taught this stuff in school.

[Moldy Rutabaga]

Because I teach older adults, I have explained some strange questions. I remember an extended discussion on the difference between a sl*t and a prostitute!

One day a student asked why pants are plural and a shirt is singular. Then the conversation got to, 'why is a bra singular and panties are plural?' I answered, 'that's a good question. It really should be the opposite!' I can't believe I got away with that..

Ken:>

[Qinella]

[PaperTiger]

I accidentally called one of my students "buttnut" and then she called her little sister buttnut and then the little sister called my coworker (who's her teacher) buttnut.

I also taught my kids to appreciate reggae and the Flaming Lips (Yoshimi Battles the Giant Pink Robots), their special favorite was "La La Bam Bam" by the Congos.

My kids woulnd't stop singing that damn "Pilsung Korea" song so I started to substitute random words for "pilsung" and then one of my seven-year olds started singing "Oh panty Korea, Oh gochu Korea, Oh chamji Korea..." That kid was way cool.

[Matilda]

I like to do an activity with the kindergarten classes using actions (kinda like Simon Says). During one class they could not understand "cross your eyes". So I taught them to stare at their pointer finger and then touch their nose. It was so cute watching some of them bug out and jolt their heads when they became cross eyed for the first time!!