Wrong Mistake

No offensement...I mean offense meant. LOL. Just for fun.

 

One of the things that make our job as teachers fun and exciting is the fact that we ourselves make mistakes (being mere mortals),  be it the vocabulary we use, our difficulty in explaining some highfalutin words to our students, the regional accent and pronunciation slips or even the grammatically incorrect sentences we teach our students. Ika nga, correcting an incorrect sentence with another incorrect one. Adding insult to injury ito. 'Ooh my Gad'! (with short a /ae/) Hihihi. 

In my 8 years in this business, I have witnessed a lot of these common errors made by our very own teachers....yes you heard it right. Nakakahiya pero nakakatuwa...Hihihi...relate din kasi ako.

But what makes it funnier are the errors made by our ESL students. Though I have gotten used it, but when I hear some of them every now and then, it still gives me a reason to smile. 

Here are some funny situations:

Teacher: Have you had dinner, Jack?

Jack: Yes, teacher.

Teacher: What did you have?

Jack: I ate a cow. 

Teacher: What?! A live one? That's too big...(sabay tawa)...Jack, you mean, beef!

Jack: Yes yes...and also a kitchen. (instead of CHICKEN)

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Student: Teacher, have you eaten yourself already?

Teacher: (Smiling) No, not yet.

Student: Oh good. Let's eat each other. (instead of TOGETHER)

Teacher: (Sumakit ang tyan sa katatawan sabay sagot) Why not?

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Teacher: Kevin, does your daughter use the school bus everyday?

Student: No, sometimes I ride her to school. (instead of DRIVE) 

Teacher: (Incest ito!)

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Teacher: Do you have an English name?

Student: (Korean accent) Yes, LION

Teacher: Really? King of the Jungle! Great.

Student: No 

Teacher: Oh sorry! Can you spell your name please?

Student: R Y A N ...LION

         

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Teacher: Hi Jenny?

Student: Teacher, sorry I can't accept your education today. (I can't study with you today.

Teacher: Why not?

Student: Because my baby is eating my breast. (bastos na bata)

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Teacher: Hi John, how are you?

Student: Uh, teacher wait I'm f@#king my car. (They often mix up P & F, plus the problem with pronouncing "R")

Teacher: What? You mean, parking!

Student: Ok, Ok...Whew! I'm hard. (instead of IT'S DIFFICULT) 

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Teacher: What did you do last weekend?

Student: I moved my house, teacher. (instead of MOVED TO ANOTHER HOUSE)

Teacher: Wow! You are so strong! (sabay ngisi)

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And the list continues...