Punishing Lessons
Korean life November 21st. 2008, 10:00pmMy middle school students have to come to school to study for their big tests. For whatever reason, I still have class with them, but the next two hours they spend their time sitting in class studying whatever they need to for their final tests in school.
They’ll be for the next week, so giving them homework is somewhat pointless, as they’ll be too busy with tests to complete it. I decided to share some terrible puns I had made this week with them. We did them as riddles the students had to figure out:
- What do you call a white bear from the North Pole that makes your breath smell like candy? (Polo Bear)
- What does the polite Korean food say when you leave the restaurant? “Have a Rice Day!”
- What do you call a green Korean dinosaur that prefers pistols at dawn? Dooly.
- What is red and white, smells like French fries, and has many toys? Santa Hamburger!
- The Korean Santa Hamburger Pun
The last one only works in Korean.
Anyway, the students knew they were complete groaners of jokes, even across both languages, but it didn’t stop them from laughing at them in the “so bad it’s actually good” sort of way people do when they hear a good pun. They’ll be spending the rest of their time freaking out about their big tests, so I hope that laugh got a little stress off their shoulders.
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