SACRIFICE THEM!

Hello All,

Today we had our first "gig."  A 12 year old boy from an affluent family (insert "spoiled" here)--his English is great and he needed help studying for his science exam next week (he is taught in English).  So his parents wanted a tutor for 2 hours to help him study (on a Friday evening).  One of our classmates couldn't tutor him so he asked if we were up to it.  "Sure!" we said!

It was a super opportunity...

It's a good thing I'm a science geek of sorts and remember quite a bit of my biology, chemistry, and general science.  When I asked him to share something from his chapter on nutrition he said the following,"Well all Americans are fat.  All of the American kids in my school are fat.  They all eat hamburgers and fries."  I started to flip through his nutrition chapter and on the second page there were photos of American's sitting with plates of hamburgers and fries while watching TV.  I asked him if he meant "all" Americans and he said "Well not all."

Next we reviewed microbes.  When I quizzed him for two ways that diseases can be prevented he emphatically stated, "Sacrifice them!  Just kill them."  Further inquiry made it clear that he was pretty sure the best way to eliminate diseases (insert ebola here) was to just "sacrifice" the diseased.

All in all a fascinating first jump into the deep end of "teaching English!"

Love and hugs,

Ellie and Gary