Evan again

‎"Evan is listening to music and hates." This Evan is a disturbed guy!

BeWare!

"Stacy and Jeff are only 19, but they are dangerous."
"Jerry decided to go to school, so it was snowing heavily."
"The year before Christmas..."

about life..

"people always love to shopping because we need many things in our real life." Good thing we don't need so much in our surreal life:))
"there are lots of effects in smoking. For example, lose money, lose brain, and lots of disease." You smokers, be careful, one day you may find your brain is LOST! :))

bald habits

Apparently, one of my students likes to "wash movies chop clothes" :))
She also likes to "prepare pork corn" (don't even want to imagine what THAT could be!)
On a vacation, she likes to "stay in the hotel, take bath in the pool".. I mean, yeah, that beats taking no bath at all! o_O

food innovations

my student came up with a new spelling of "hamburger":
humberger... it almost sounds like some German psychologist:
Dr. Hum Berger or maybe its humming Berger?

"people go tout o eat" - any guesses?

high-beginning ESL vocabulary quiz

a student filling in gaps:
"The bigger the house, the salsa."
"Evan was listening to music and starving."

Do you think cooking is boring? Why/Why not?
Answer: "I think cooking is boring because i have to go to market and clean all vegetables."

reading-comprehension

reading-comprehension question: "Name 4 groups of people mentioned in the essay that are affected by modern hectic life".
The student answers: "Secretaries, male executives, mothers, and people".

So, everyone previously mentioned is NOT people?

essay: Effects of moving to a new country

"New York girls use small cloth [meaning provocative outfits] and different stuff - different hair color and fake nails. But my country, everyone is not free mind. Also, they don't use small cloth; they always using big clothes."

Makes me think of ancient times, when the only available garment was a piece of "big" or "small cloth" to wrap around your body.

essay: Why is fast food so popular?

"In conclusion, fast food has been recognized as one of the most important history in each country."

One may even claim that fast food has shaped the history of the world!

essay: Negative effects of computers on children

"Besides, computers helps parents to open children's brain."

I mean, that's a scene from a horror movie right there!

from a student's writing journal

"Describe the place where you grew up."

I describe the place 42 street "Grand Central Terminal". The Grand Central Terminal is the place when the all tren pass [where all the trains pass]. They Place are very beautiful is big also, is the best terminal on Manhattan.
[and so on and so forth with the description]
...
I talk for that Place because is the best and beautiful Place.

Poor girl! Growing up at a train station must have been tough, but she managed to keep her high spirits and positive attitude. Anyhow, her warm feelings towards her motherland arouse admiration.