Friday, September 30, 2011

If you have need of a translator...

I can translate anything...or so I told my 5th period level 3 Spanish class today. 

We were working on translations in class. From English back into Spanish...a fun torture device for any teacher to use on a Friday!  HA!!!  ...well not really...they actually seemingly like it with no fuss (ODD). But with a mixed group of 13 non-native Spanish speakers and 18 native of which maybe 7 have had formal schooling in Spanish and then other 11 had to be moved form "kindergarten" level 1 Spanish, it was the easiest way to show those 11 who have not had any "grammar" that they DO know how to conjugate a verb while at the same time getting a feel of what vocabulary the non-natives need to focus on.

 With that being said...nobody was restless...until a non-native Spanish speaking East Indian (right...why would he be a Spanish speaker...he is from India.  Well, you would be surprised how many of my students get almost accosted by other Spanish speakers for being a "disgrace" to their heritage because skin color somehow dictates what language you speak...but that is another discussion) boy raises his hand and says, "I'm tired, I need to go to the bathroom.". To which my only response was (eyebrows raised inquisitively),  "So, ...you want to go take a nap in the toilet?"...

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