Hello, friends. My students’ ESL-ness is a constant source of fun and I’ve noticed it rubbing off on me. (When I’m home for the summer, see if you notice me saying weird things.) The silly conversations I’ve enjoyed with my kids are something I want you to be able to take part in as well, so today I’ll be sharing some quotes from my sweet students that I’ve recorded over the past couple of weeks.

Disclaimer: I think bilingual people may get more out of this, since some things are direct translations that just sound funny in English, but everyone should be able to enjoy it. Here we go!

One day after music, one of my little boys came in, worried he was going to get in trouble for bothering another kid. He told me, “Ms. Lindsey, Alex is going to come and tell you, ‘Franklin put the butt,’ but I didn’t! I was just walking by him and he was sitting down!”

 

After seeing the email alerts on my iPad..

“Ms. Lindsey, you have 30 mail?! Who gave them to you?”

 

One of the boys was trying to describe a bad drink (alcohol, I’m guessing), when another jumped in to help him out. “It’s something that the robbers drink?”

 

And the day that a little girl’s mom was going to have a baby.

“Jasmin’s sister is borning today!”

 

“Did you know I went to sleep at ten five?”

 

When I was blocking the whiteboard: “Hey, I not can see. You can move please?”

 

To answer our journaling question about living on the moon: “I would not like it on the moon because I don’t like jumping. I don’t like nothing over there!”

 

From a little boy: “Ms. Lindsey, they’re bothering us! They’re saying that me and Fernanda are boyfriends!”

 

Being silly after a couple kids came late to class:

Me: “I’m so glad y’all were able to join us!”

Student: “I’m not glad.”

Me: “He’s elated!”

Student: “Yeah, Ms. Lindsey, they’re late!”

 

The week that the dentists came to the Ranch.

“Are they going to take you a mole?” (aka extract a molar)

 

“I just have fifteen money.”

And we’ll end with an oldie but a goody from last year..

One day in class we were all sitting on the carpet, and one of the kids farted. We’d talked before about how we don’t have to laugh every time someone farts or make a big deal about it because we all do it. But of course, the kids started laughing. Until one boy standing up for the one who dealt it said, “It’s okay. We don’t have to laugh, guys. Everyone throws farts, right Ms. Lindsey?!”

I hope this gave you a little taste of how much fun my kids are and what kinds of silly things I get to hear everyday. 🙂

I’ll be back in Texas in one month. Ahh! I would love to see you and catch up. I plan to have a couple of events while I’m home-one for sponsors and one for people interested in learning more about what’s going on here.

Also, I won’t have a job so I think I’ll have a lot of spare time. If you’re interested in learning Spanish or you already know Spanish and you’d like to help me practice while I’m home, let’s get together! (yeah, yeah, yeah) Or if you want to eat Mexican food, or go to Bahama Bucks, or Starbucks & other coffee shops, or Chick-fil-a, or Barnes & Noble or Target, let’s do that! I plan to be going to all of those places and I’m all for some company.

See you soon, USA peeps.

Peace & blessings to all,

Lindsey