I haven't really been asking students how they feel about North Korea's attack, because most of my students are too low level to effectively communicate how they feel in English, but I guess I succeeded as a teacher when today in my lesson on basic feelings a girl used her newfound vocabulary to tell me how she felt about North Korea.
EMILY TEACHER: Okay class today we are going to talk about FEELING words.
*explanation of “feelings,” explanation of “words”*
How are you today?
STUDENTS: I’MFINETHANKYOUANDYOU?!
EMILY TEACHER: *Strained laughter* But how are you REALLY? That is what we will talk about!
*skipping part of the lesson*
*Slide: SAD. Picture of sad panda. Girls freak out (TEACHER! CUTEUH!!!!!)*
STUDENT2: SCHOOL!
EMILY TEACHER: What?
STUDENT2: schOOOOOOOL! schOOOOOOOL! SAD SCHOOL!
EMILY TEACHER: You are sad because of school?
STUDENT2: YES.
ALL STUDENTS: schOOOOOL! schOOOOOL! schOOOOL!
EMILY TEACHER: Okay, any other reasons why we are sad?
STUDENT3: North Korea! North Korea! *punching motions* pyewwwww pyewwwww pyewwwww *makes rocket noises* kapoooo! kapooow!
EMILY TEACHER: Yes, they attacked Yeonpyeong Island.
STUDENT4: YES! very saduh.
STUDENT3: War! WAR!! Emily Teacher leave Korea, North Korea war. Everyday we die. EVERYDAY WE DIE. EVERY.DAY.WE.DIE.
hahahahaha
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