Teachable Moment No. 1

So last week I taught my Communications 11 class about cliches.  It took about 2 classes (4 blocks) but they finally grasped the concept (and even came up with their own which mostly consisted of them making fun of their classmates! Read: awesome.)

Anyways, just before our midgi holiday break, I had to keep one of my better students after class for speaking Chinese too many times in class.  This is what I said to her: "Vicky, you are an amazing English speaker but sometimes you cannot control your urges and you just shout in Chinese!" This is her response: "I know Miss Adamson, sometimes I just wish I could eat my words!"

And that concludes the lesson for today.