Thursday, July 06, 2006

Education in J-Land is Serio, Yo

Here are my students, Joe and Lisa. Joe is five and Lisa is four. Joe speaks in an English accent because he was in a British school for kindergarten. He says things like "Where's the rubbish?" and, "This is easy-peasy!" Lisa went to Montessori junior kindergarten and is a strange and independent little girl. When I started teaching her, she couldn't read yet, and so serious intervention was necessary. p f h I'm serious! For some Japanese parents, having a four year-old who can't read in English is a serious problem! Joe can read and read and read. He was even able to sight-read the word "string"!
Anyway, we wrote a very horrific and entertaining story together. Here it is:

Once upon a time, there was a turtle who lived near a volcano. A mouse came to his house. Then, a dog came to his house. Then a tiger came to his house. Then a pig came to his house and scratched the curtains. Then a lion came and scratched the pig. Then, the tiger ate the mouse. Then, the dog ate the tiger. Then, a little girl came and took all the animals to her house. Her parents had a baby kangaroo and the tiger ate the baby kangaroo. Then, a dolphin came and ate everyone.
THE END

3 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

This child scares me! I'm NEVER going to his house!

7:03 am  
Blogger RussianFritz said...

LMAO!!!
This is too funny!

6:56 pm  
Blogger Rodrigo said...

truly moving.


R.

3:30 pm  

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