Blog Feed: Kringlish Kids

Today at work I had to get a Korean teacher to explain to an angry parent that, in fact, I say "Hey, be nice" to my students when they are being mean to each other, not "Hey, Penis!" Oh Koreans and their B's and P's! What did you do at work today? > read more

Awesome kid

Published on 2012-05-03 03:30:00

I had a "that's why I'm a teacher" moment this week so I thought I would share... We all have our favorite students. One of mine is a little weirdo that always makes me laugh. I use the phrase weirdo in the most affectionate way possible. He puts on old lady glasses without any lenses in them before he has to read a passage from the book. He reenacts every single strange-ee Korean > read more

What's this...

Published on 2012-05-01 21:26:00

We were going over some hospital vocabulary today and I asked my student if he knew what this was... His answer: > read more

Validation

Published on 2012-04-19 22:58:00

Today a 5th grade boy told me that I was the most popular kid in school. Wow, it really does get better. Oh the things these kids say. > read more

Return of the rape flowers...

Published on 2012-04-18 19:48:00

A little girl came up to me with a > read more

Oh Korea...

Published on 2012-04-06 02:31:00

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. The students at my newish school (about 5 months now) are super well behaved. As for the teachers... Today I went to return a first grade teacher's badminton racquet. She then proceeded to pull a half gallon jug of plum wine from her desk drawer to celebrate the occasion of me returning the racquet (why the f is my browser telling me this isn't spelled right). . Me: Wait, this isn't juice. Teacher: No. Al-co-hol-lic Me: ... Single student still working at [..] > read more

I'm Back

Published on 2012-02-12 18:33:00

I'm sorry for not updating in so long. I have been busy and on a long vacation. Anyway, as you can see, the title of this blog is just Kringlish Kids again. I took a transfer from the international high school to a regular public elementary school. It has been very good, but the kids here are very "normal." They don't do or say many crazy things. The most interesting thing so far is a student refer to an apostrophe as a... Sky Comma > read more

The Stone Boy Alternate Ending 1

Published on 2011-07-20 21:58:00

Towards the end of the semester, I taught my favorite short story "The Stone Boy" to my second graders. Out of all the activities we did involving the story, my favorite was the creative writing assignment of writing an alternate ending to the story. The following takes place right after Arnold accidentally shot and killed his brother Eugie... Arnold turned Eugie's body up. He was bleeding from his forehead. And at that moment, Arnold saw a miracle. "Did you shoot me?" Eugie was alive and spea [..] > read more

Be awesome...

Published on 2011-07-13 20:33:00

...and support me and the Emmanuel Orphanage in South Korea. I'll be there volunteering for a week in August, so the more money KKOOM raises, the better the experience will be for the kids. Be sure to click on the DICRISPINO link. http://kkoom.org/?p=115 > read more

Long overdue update

Published on 2011-07-13 02:36:00

Sorry. It's been a rather busy couple of months. Here's something that started off really strong... First, it is necessary for our society to know that mental treatment is not a big deal. For example, in Korea, people will give you a weird look if you have mental counseling. However, as far as I know, it is a common thing to go to a psychiatrist in the United State. Therefore, Koreans must acknowledge that mental ailments are just a disease that can be treated with drugs. > read more

My first vlog

Published on 2011-05-26 01:01:00

Watch me make a fool of myself > read more

Flash Freeze

Published on 2011-05-19 21:32:00

I still don't know when I'll get around to kickoff my new youtube channel, but here's something to hold you over. I participated in a Flash Mob at Insadong in Seoul. You can see me with my camera at 0:33! > read more

Boundaries

Published on 2011-05-16 21:25:00

As I have made clear in the past, Korean children have very few boundaries. For example, today my students had a medical check. I was alone in the classroom waiting for them to return and slowly 3 boys trickled in. I knew I wasn't going to be able to > read more

Happy Reading

Published on 2011-04-28 19:37:00

The student in front of me checked out the copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover from the school library. Nice > read more

Clarification

Published on 2011-04-27 23:45:00

I called the taxi dispatch and used my best Kringlish. Since my parroting of survival Korea is so good, Koreans often answer me in Korean. For what ever reason this guys starts yelling at me. I quickly pass the phone to a Korean coworker and tell he > read more

Metaphor

Published on 2011-04-21 19:58:00

I'm sorry KY, but this does not count as an evocative metaphor... If we say that the sound of a general C chord is a food that tastes good, my C chord is a food that doesn't taste good. > read more

Homosexual Confusion

Published on 2011-04-20 23:44:00

Homosexuality is very stigmatized in Korea. It is a major problem for the country. Most gay Koreans live lies and have to remain silent when the average Korean says ridiculous things on the topic like “There are no gay Koreans” or “It’s only > read more

New Desktop Wallpaper

Published on 2011-04-18 02:05:00

The new 1-2 homeroom has a new desktop wallpaper on their classroom computer... > read more

Guess Who

Published on 2011-04-08 09:10:00

My students are currently working on descriptive writing so I decided to modify one of my favorite games. They had to write a descriptive paragraph about someone in class and then the rest of class had to guess who. Marie decided to write about KY. > read more

It's The Little Things...

Published on 2011-04-06 02:13:00

I had a bad day today haunting students who haven't turned in their essays yet. One student emailed me her essay and left this little message. It made me smile. Update: Here's another little note from another student :D > read more

It's The Little Things...

Published on 2011-04-06 02:13:00

Say what now?

Published on 2011-04-05 01:36:00

Just a short line from one of my students' essays about traveling to America... The idea of a society full of whites and blacks is awkward and ridiculous to me. > read more

Say what now?

Published on 2011-04-05 01:36:00

Just a short line from one of my students' essays about traveling to America...The idea of a society full of whites and blacks is awkward and ridiculous to me. > read more

What’s your motto?

Published on 2011-04-04 21:26:00

Some brilliant person at my school thought it would be a good idea to make a nice mounted plaque of all the students pictures with their motto printed below. Some brilliant person also thought it would be a good idea to print and post them before con > read more

What’s your motto?

Published on 2011-04-04 21:26:00

I'm Impressed

Published on 2011-03-30 21:15:00

Today I gave one of my classes free time to work on their narrative essays. One of my super students who already had it done busied himself sticking pencils in his anchormanlike helmet of hair to see how many he could stick in at the same time withou > read more

I'm Impressed

Published on 2011-03-30 21:15:00

It's going to be okay...

Published on 2011-03-24 23:39:00

My students had an assignment to get into groups, vote on their favorite political philosopher, and then write a paragraph about why they like that philosopher. Everything was going super well until this one girl seemed to get really upset. Teacher: > read more

It's going to be okay...

Published on 2011-03-24 23:39:00

My students had an assignment to get into groups, vote on their favorite political philosopher, and then write a paragraph about why they like that philosopher.Everything was going super well until this one girl seemed to get really upset.Teacher: Wh > read more

Exquisite Corpse #4

Published on 2011-01-19 23:57:00

My lesson completely bombed and I had 20 minutes left before the bell. Ah, Exquisite Corpse saved me again. We only had time for 3 rounds... She had always known there was something wrong with her brother... [1]He'd often spend a lot of time gazin > read more

Exquisite Corpse #4

Published on 2011-01-19 23:57:00

My lesson completely bombed and I had 20 minutes left before the bell. Ah, Exquisite Corpse saved me again. We only had time for 3 rounds...She had always known there was something wrong with her brother...[1]He'd often spend a lot of time gazing out > read more

Thanks for sharing

Published on 2011-01-10 20:08:00

Wow. I got to meet some of the new first graders (aka 10th graders) today. They're not moved in yet, so they're just getting orientation. After doing my introductory ppt, I asked everyone to share one interesting fact about him or herself. It looks > read more

Thanks for sharing

Published on 2011-01-10 20:08:00

Amendment #1:10 Reasons THIS School Needs a Faculty Bathroom!!!

Published on 2011-01-02 22:13:00

10) When teacher is at the urinal, it is not the appropriate time to ask him about the proper MLA citation format of an unpublished survey. Nine out of ten Kringlish teachers agree. 9) While it is true that teacher has crotch-tag immunity, teacher do > read more

Amendment #1:10 Reasons THIS School Needs a Faculty Bathroom!!!

Published on 2011-01-02 22:13:00

10) When teacher is at the urinal, it is not the appropriate time to ask him about the proper MLA citation format of an unpublished survey. Nine out of ten Kringlish teachers agree.9) While it is true that teacher has crotch-tag immunity, teacher doe > read more

Strange-ee

Published on 2010-12-21 20:07:00

So Danny-teacher gave his best class the choice between playing a game, watching the recent holiday special of The Simpsons, or discussing the recent Korea-Malaysia FTA meeting. Free trade agreement it is, then.... These kids are seriously strange- > read more

Strange-ee

Published on 2010-12-21 20:07:00

So Danny-teacher gave his best class the choice between playing a game, watching the recent holiday special of The Simpsons, or discussing the recent Korea-Malaysia FTA meeting.Free trade agreement it is, then....These kids are seriously strange-ee > read more

In between finals...

Published on 2010-12-20 03:03:00

My students had 50 mins between finals, so they put that time to good use... It's good to see they're still kids... > read more

Vote for HOPE!

Published on 2010-12-13 19:26:00

Hey readers! I would consider it a solid if you voted for HOPE (Helping Others Prosper through English) on this website. The charity provides free classes for orphans and underprivileged kids. Most of these kids don’t even have a foreign teacher at > read more

10 Reasons THIS School Needs a Faculty Bathroom!!!

Published on 2010-12-10 01:58:00

My worst nightmare came true when I was told there was no faculty bathroom at our school. Oh hells to the no! Here we go again...10) When you enter the bathroom, it is cute when a Kringlish high school kid who is brushing his teeth bows and says "Ann > read more

Déjà is a bitch…

Published on 2010-12-08 23:41:00

I got asked the dreaded question again..."Teacher, are you satisfied with your face?"At least my students are here at the advanced boarding school, so she didn't say teachah. > read more

Exquisite Corpse #3: Jelly Babies

Published on 2010-12-02 05:23:00

Wow, if you haven't noticed, there has been a trend with this class. For some reason, my kids really like menacing things made out of jelly. Enter, the jelly baby...Her hands were shaking. She couldn't believe what she had just seen...[1] > read more

Exquisite Corpse #2

Published on 2010-12-01 07:45:00

Here's another one from my Exquisite Corpse lesson. I guess I should have explained to them that they didn't need to be so literal about the corpse part..."You had better run!" Mark yelled to the other boy...[1]because there was a zombie behind > read more

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