My favorite class and I are watching a film known in France as Ricky Bobby. I figured even if they hated it, they would at least have something to talk about.
They don’t think it’s that funny, of course, because they are just reading the subtitles. Sometimes they shoot me puzzled glances when I’m […]
I had a lousy day at work today. My two classes were fine, if a little rowdy, during our game of Taboo. It doesn’t bother me that they are rowdy, as long as they are speaking English. I prefer to have rowdy students who participate than silent ones.
Because it rarely bothers me […]
We here in Apartment 8 suffer from an Internet addiction. You might be surprised to hear this since I almost never blog. But one of the symptoms of my addiction is that I never use the Internet to do anything useful or good, like keeping in touch with my friends using something other […]
TUESDAY THERE BE FAT. That’s what the signs announcing Carnival said at my school. I’m not sure if there’s a joke I don’t get, or if they were just expressing the topsy-turvy nature of Carnival with word order
Anyway, I am a failure and have no photos of my own to share with you. It was […]
Les States - Gad Elmaleh. My students say “Where is Brian?” on a pretty regular basis in class.
Yesterday afternoon all the classes were cancelled at my lycée. We all crowded into the cafeteria–no theaters in French schools–to watch students perform for the spectacle de Noël. At the request of a teacher, I had been asked to propose to a group of students that we do something in English. My students all said […]
Today, we were asking for and giving advice, based loosely on this game. Maybe you had to be there, but it was a riot. What follows is mostly what was given as bad or “ugly” advice, but sometimes it was meant to be good, as well. My students also seemed to have […]
They’re going to change my schedule in the third week of January, and probably give me all new classes. Even though I haven’t managed to learn all the names of my students this term, it disappoints me that I might not get to see them again. Not all of them are good, of […]
Student responses to the prompt “In a ____, with a ____, while a ____…”:
In a night club, with a candle, while a man was starting a fire…
This was by far the best story, involving a cult of naked drunk people, Robin Hood, and llamas.
In a theme park, with a tiger, while Tony Parker was eating […]
Yesterday I was out of the house before 7:30, only to arrive at school in time for a class of volunteer students who don’t seem keen on volunteering, as they haven’t shown up for three weeks. Luckily I had a novel with me, to occupy myself for the two hours until my next class. […]