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craigwalsh · Joined: 28 May 2006 Location: Korea

Had a lesson with my younger students and they were learning the word Vacuum, but when they said it, it sounded more like F**k You! Couldnt help but laugh and then it started them of saying it and seeing who could say it the loudest.

Try it with your students if your bored one day!

poet13 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject:

Yes, students say things in the damndest ways. I have a boy who has real trouble with s vs sh. He says SH. So when I asked him what he was doing, he said he was s*itting in his chair. I said I hope not. I hope you're correcting them as you go...

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

A lot of my elementary students made the connection between vacuum and the f-word, and brought it up in class. A few mentioned it to their parents, and my dilectol was kind of angry b/c she thought I was teaching the kids to swear.

Two year.

Panic · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Location: Busan

Kids will be kids everywhere in the world. Candy is sold in dog turd shaped containers and you can't let your students start making Bun-gu noises (fart) or you'll be tortured for the next 3 months or more.

A few months back my normally sedate studybot classes caught the 'Puck You!' virus much to my amusement. It was honestly better than them speaking korean bad words in class. And is by far superior to the ABC song [with exagerated GG and PP actions] that boys of between the ages of 8 and 12 just love.

I talk about bad words in class when the issue arises. I never say any bad words myself. I make it clear that I understand that bad swear words are common between friends but are not appropriate for the classroom. And I always get a cheap laugh when I suggest they don't say these words to their grandmothers ke ke ke.

Panic