Monday, November 07, 2005

Worth the price of admission

Cooperating Teacher: You guessed correctly. This is the English assistant for this year. What country do you think she’s from?

Student1: England?

Student2: The United States.

Student3: America.

Student4: New York!

Student5: (retracts hand upon being called on, grins, hides face in hands)

Student6: Great Britain.

*fast-forward a week*

Lesson the First:

America = United States (U.S.) = United States of America (U.S.A.)


Very important, that.

4 Comments:

At 7/11/05 9:35 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

So cute! I want more classroom stories.

BESS

 
At 7/11/05 10:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's so cute. :)

Most of the American students when I was at Oxford required a similar lesson on the distinctions between Great Britain/The United Kingdom/England/Ireland/Northern Ireland. It's slightly less cute when it's 20 year olds who should know, though.

 
At 9/11/05 7:26 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm with Bess!

Someone here thought Chicago was a state. You are doing a great job!

Love,
J

 
At 10/11/05 8:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wait. Chicago's not a state?

-Anne

 

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