Teachahh Meaghan Lucky

A quick excerpt from an email I sent last week.  Enjoy!


Today things are already brighter.  I had to give lines this morning, and I have a collection of toys taped to the wall where the students can't get them, but all in all, things are improving.  We even had fun this morning in math class!  As I was teaching one of my students started giggling.  I didn't know why, so I asked.  The student next to him had a silly grin on his face.  All of the students started mumbling, "Teachahh Meaghan lucky."  Of course I had no idea what this meant.  But I soon found out!  The students decided that I am in love.  I don't really know why they use the word lucky, but whatevs.  I asked what 'lucky' means and they all said, "Teachahhh Meaghan love Teachahhh Paul!"  They were all saying it!  Ahhhh!  So of course I pretended to throw up, like any mature teacher would do, and told them they were disgusting.  My entire class was completely confused.  They thought they had figured it out.  They didn't know what to say anymore.  So they said, "ooooooooooh, Teachahh Meaghan love Teachahh Simon."  It was as though everything clicked.  If I didn't love Paul, I must love Simon!  I threw up at that one too.  They just kept guessing.  After they went through the entire male staff (which is the entire foreign staff) they finally came to Koreana.  It was really, really funny.  Joseph, one of my favorite students, then decided that he knew the real answer.  He announced to the entire class that I love my family.  What a smart little boy.  And what a productive math class!  That was a class that I couldn't have made a lesson plan for!