Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Crazy people

Now some people laughed at Kara Blunt about the feather and stone thing and Anonymous has now put the smile on the other side of their faces! However, some people truly are stupid. I kept a record over the past year of all the stupid things my Year 11s said(for those of you across the ocean, that's 16 year olds, about to leave school and live in the real world. Here it is:

G is not a vowel, is it? Becky 06/10/05
What are vowels? Becky 06/10/05
There are only 5 vowels out of 27 letters, that’s stupid! Becky 06/10/05

Bain de soleil: I thought you meant a bath in the sun and I wondered why anyone would do that? Iain 06/10/05

I’m nearly 4 foot 12 Becky 06/10/05

I thought New Zealand was next to Germany. Well Switzerland is and I thought they were next to each other. It’s actually near …what’s the really cold country called at the bottom…erm… the South Pole. Becky 12/10/05

Strasbourg is in Finland isn’t it? It is, my Dad told me it was. Becky 12/10/05

On one way systems: What if you want to turn left? Becky 31/10/05

Is there a tunnel to France? Kat 10/11/05
Why can’t you see the channel tunnel when you are on a boat because it’s so close to the top of the water? Becky 10/11/05

Aren’t there 36 hours in a day? Becky 14/11/05

Fairies do exist! What’s stupid about that? What was Tinkerbell if fairies don’t exist? Becky 13/01/06

(Playing who wants to be a millionaire)….: This one’s easy, there’s only one possible answer.

Pâté? Whats pâté? Sophie 17/01/06

I thought formidable was a bad thing. I used to get really worried when you wrote formidable on my work! I used to get confused because there were lots of ticks. Becky 30/01/06

They don’t use capital letters for months in English, do they? Becky 10/02/06

Can you type in French? Becky 10/02/06

Munich: That’s not a film it’s a place. Becky 10/02/06

What’s a red herring? Kat 15/02/06 It’s a bird Becky 15/02/06

What’s Queen Elizabeth to Prince William? Is she not his mother then? Well they do live together. Becky16/02/06

Is Liam Gallagher the one in that band? Becky Jones 17/02/06

What’s a radish? Sam 20/03/06

A radish isn’t a vegetable! Simone 20/03/06

Is the Swahili flag the same as the African flag? Kat 20/03/06

“Why are they writing about eggs in their diary?” (the word was oevres not oeufs!) Becky 12/05/06

You don’t see through the blue bit in your eye do you? Otherwise everyone one would be blue. Kat 15/05/06
Does that mean if you had green eyes everybody would be green? Becky 15/05/06I

I thought if you pressed the button (in the language lab) it would translate it for you? Becky

Is it true that there’s a button behind your desk (in the language lab) that you can press and give us an electric shock? Becky

Believe it or not, Becky is expected to get at least a B grade in French!

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