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For noah, the name
So I put the name on the boat, and the next day I told my students I'd
named the boat. They asked what I'd named it, and I told them, "Poco Loco." Then one of the students (13 year-olds) asked why I'd named it that. I told her it was because I wanted to name the boat "Good Fisherman" in Spanish, and a friend told me to use "Poco Loco." (I told them this with my best 'believe me' look on my face.) (They did!) None of them said anything for a few seconds, which is a long silence in the 8th grade, and finally one of the Hispanics got brave and said, "Mr. Herring, poco loco doesn't mean 'good fisherman'. I argued, believably, that it did. I told them that my friend spoke spanish, and wouldn't lie to me. This went on for a couple minutes, with me starting to look very worried, and some of them looking very sorry for me. Finally, one of the kids brought his Spanish book to the front of the room, and without saying anything pointed to 'poco' in the translation dictionary in the back of the book. I looked astonished. Then he silently pointed to 'loco' in the book. I looked like I was going to cry. The whole class was totally silent, and finally one girl said, "He's faking it! He knew all the time!" Oh well, it was fun while it lasted! John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! |
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For noah, the name
John H wrote in message . ..
None of them said anything for a few seconds, which is a long silence in the 8th grade... ================================================== === Teaching eighth graders is more like mucho loco. My wife did it for more than 30 years and I'm still trying to calm her down. |
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