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shortskirt_longjacket · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:22 am Post subject: funny writings from your students

i give my students different journal topics for writing homework and here was a recent one turned into me:

Topic: "Write about your favorite movie"

Response: "My favorite movie is human movie. Because love is full of it. Love is warm and happy. So I like human movie. I seem to be happy when I watch the movie."

i know there are hundreds more out there and they're always good for a laugh. share, if you will.

hippie · Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: Bucheon (pending)

In a Texas middle school, from a recent arrival from Mexico.

Question:

What is geology?

Answer:

The story of the heart.

She was actually supposed to put "The study of the earth." She just spelled the words "study" and "earth" as they could be spelled in Spanish.

Dalton · Joined: 26 Mar 2003

Question: How are you today?
Answer: It's Tuesday. (pause) And you?

Dispatched · Joined: 08 May 2004

Middle school student...

Question: How are you today?
Answer: I'm so fine.

A definate sweetie but might have to wait a few years until she is 'so fine'.

Same student...
Question: How are you today?
Answer: I'm boring.

hippie · Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: Bucheon (pending)

In a placement test

Question: How are you doing?

Answer: I am a university student.

ladyandthetramp · Joined: 21 Nov 2003

Somewhere on my webpage there is a picture of this:

Do you like orangutans?

Yes, because they look like my father.

Also on my webpage:

I killd you

(I think she meant "I like you", but then again...)

ajuma · Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

My personal favorite: "Her mother died before she was born." Wow! I wonder how she pulled THAT off!!!! Laughing

SweetBear · Joined: 18 May 2003

Dear Teacher,
Today I'm bored because today strangley English is boring. So I'm angry, I think we should play a game, everydays play a game.

Dear Teacher,
Today I'm happy because teacher is funny. teacher is best of best. I don't like English. But I like teacher.

Dear Sweetbear teacher,
Today I'm interested because I like Sweetbear teacher, and I mood funny and I like Sweetbear teacher, because I like USA. I hope look USA and I look at Harry Potter. You read Harry Potter book too?

Dear Teacher,
I'm fine thank you and you.Teacher today is fun but tomorrow play a game.

oneiros · Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Location: Villa Straylight

My Family's Hobbies - "My sister's hobbies are eating and sleeping. She is very fat."

On Educational Standards - "Special English summer class ended today. It was fun. I played the whole time and didn't learn anything."

mishlert · Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun

My co-worker at the university told his writing class to write about what they like to do. While he was grading he handed me one and told me to read it. As I was reading I came across the following:
I like tripping through Korea

dull artist · Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Location: Osan

The hands down funniest diary entry I have come across was from one of my sweetest, most innocent girls:

"Today I ate three hot dongs. My sister envied me because she only ate one hot dong. Hot dongs are delicious!"

I didn't have the heart to break the news. I just took a red pen to the 'n'.

ZUL · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Location: Cloud 9

dull artist · Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Location: Osan

Another kind of funny one was when I came in to work really hungover, smelling like Soju and cigarette smoke. A twelve year old girl comes up to me to hand in her homework and she says, "You smell like dad."

Lizara · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul

One of my classes had a test and one of the sentences they had to write was, "I like to speak English." One boy wrote, "I like to spank English."

Another class was supposed to draw something they like to eat. For some reason there was some confusion about whether or not this meant something they might want as a pet. Eventually I managed to explain, and most of them got it right, but one boy drew a picture of a boy thinking of a dog. It took me a while to figure out how to mark that.

Also, one of my classes was supposed to write stories with a problem, some discussion, and a solution. Two of them independently wrote stories where the "problem" was that the class were all quiet, well-behaved students, and the "solution" was that the teacher let them play games.

Zyzyfer · Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:28 am Post subject:

Though I get some funny quips from my students, they're all preparing for TOEFL writing, so I really shouldn't make fun of them about it.

I did have one girl come into class today with a shirt that said "Sixty 9". I let a chuckle slip out and asked her if she knew what it meant, which she of course didn't. Some of the other students did, however (!), and starting laughing too. She followed me into the office after class and asked me to explain what it meant...which I couldn't bring myself to do, mostly because she's like 13.

Probably shouldn't have laughed, but all of those images with Japanese chicks wearing shirts that say "*beep*" flooded my mind in that instant. Ended up telling her to not wear the shirt if she's in the U.S....