Monday 16th October

Ok, what you are about to read may or may not be entirely correct (politically or otherwise) so for this I can only apologise...but it gave me great amusement on a Monday morning so I'm just going to post it. Enjoy!

Please find below a selection of test answers from a 2nd year class belonging to the previous ALT. The students have long since graduated so I'm not really abusing my position by exposing their answers to my friends and family. Anyway, the previous ALT must have left them in my desk for me to find, no? The instructions were to pick one topic and write at least 5 sentences about it. To keep it authentic, I have not edited any spelling or grammar mistakes.

Topic: Your dream
"My dream is to be a fire fighter. Because I made forest fire when I was an elementary schoolchild. my parents were very very grieve about it. Afterward later said days. After that i think of a deside. I said fase is bad, I become fire fighter. And, a fire lose all over the world. I hope a fire accident. And my dream is elementary school teacher. Because i like children"
(Don't think we want to let this kid near any other children...)

"His family is large. Future is child very very want. about 5 man 5 woman. And wife is keep up" (not sure what he is trying to say here..)

Topic: Your hobby
"My hobby is snowboarding (good start). I started snowboarding is twelve years old. now I jump in 540. But I was a simple fracture in wintertime. I want to go to New Zealand. I am very very want to go to New Zealand. I may go to our honeymoon to new Zealand." (our?)

Topic: Your pet
"I have a humstar and a turtle. Humstar name are Ichigo, Ran, Jam, Batter and Kiki. My younger sister is look after humstar and turtle. I have to look after humster. I want to have a lion. My dream is to ride a lion's back so I want to go to Africa someday." (eh... I don't think they do lion rides anymore?)

"I have a cat. Her name is Jump. Jump is very pretty (student has drawn little hearts around the word pretty). Jump operation for no breed."

"I pet is name HANA. HANA is pretty dog (good). HANA is strange dog (uh oh). Because HANA is eat poop. HANA is their family member. HANA is dog.

Topic: Your friend
"Asuka and Emi is my best friends. Asuka is very kinds me and good adviser. Emi is interesting and a wheeling child" (someone has been using their electronic dictionary!)

Topic: Your favourite food
"Chinese fried rice is my everything. The other is a custard pudding. that is also my everything. If there would be two foods, I have never die" (I hear you my friend!!!)


What a great start to the week!!!