"Puck you all!"

Ha ha. Are we awful English teachers if we swap stories about funny/awful things our kids said? From "the frog shat (sat) on the pole," "the bug shits (sits) on the mat," and the stubborn kid who swore that he meant lice not rice - even after finding out that lice are little bugs, the best one so far has been the kid who ran into a classroom shouting "PUCK YOU ALL!!" and wildly waving middle fingers in the air. It's incredibly hard to keep a straight face and try to discipline the kid at the same time to tell him that's inappropriate. Apparently he was one of the lucky ones who learned how to swear before learning more acceptable vocabulary...

Got yelled at for the first time for looking Korean and not being able to speak it. After successfully navigating my way around the grocery store, which is kind of half market for all the fresh foods, half store for frozen foods and household products, I was pretty proud of getting everything I wanted. On the way home, the taxi driver was seemingly beyond pissed that he couldn't understand my directions (even though I haven't had a problem so far) and proceeded to roar up the street to my apartment and nearly left with my groceries in the car. "Are you Korean? Why can't you speak Korean? Why aren't you learning Korean?" he asks in Korean. "I'm learning." And that was followed a string of mumbles and various hand gestures that looked less than positive. So I quickly got out and after he refused to give me change (it was only about 50 cents) was happy I at least got my groceries out in time. Everyone else I've met has been pretty positive about my fumbling around in the language as it shows I'm trying, even if it takes a couple of tries to get the point across. I suppose I had to meet someone who felt otherwise eventually...