Saturday, July 07, 2007

Thoughts on romance...

... from my first through third grade EFL students:

Me: What is out second sentence for sun?
Class: We saw a beautiful sunset at the beach last night.
Me: Wow! That's really romantic. A beautiful sunset on the beach.
Laura: What is "romantic?"
Me: "Romantic" is something that makes you think about love... or boyfriends and girlfriends. Like maybe going to a movie is romantic. Or watching the sunset at the beach is romantic. What do you think is romantic?
Laura: I know. Sharing the same popcorn.
Corrine: Walking beside the Love River
(the stench of which, by the way, can be caught on the breeze from blocks away. But the city government has been trying to change its image.)
Ken: I know. Wearing the same clothes. You and your girlfriend can wear the same T-shirt.
Daniel: But many people here have the same clothes. They all say Bo-Ai elementary school.