A Typical Phonics Class with the Bad Cute Kids
Me: (holding up the flashcard with A) Hmm, what's this?
El Diablo: (slinks under the table)
The Barbarian: (glares hard at the flashcard, maybe waiting in case it jumps)
The Howler: (sneaks a hand towards El Diablo to initiate unauthorized playtime)
The Princess: (stares blankly ahead with eyes half-closed and mouth half-open)
Ms. Mischief: A!
Me: Big or small A?
Ms. Mischief: Big Nay!
Me: Good job! What's this? (holding up small a)
Ms. Mischief: Mm...
The Barbarian: Bear!
Me: No.
The Howler: (in Korean) My mom is coming later!
Me: It's small a!
Ms. Mischief and the Barbarian: Small a!
El Diablo: (starts singing a random Korean song)
The Princess: (still staring blankly with her mouth open, not blinking)
Me: A is for... (shows the apple flashcard)
The Barbarian: Bear!
Ms. Mischief: Uh...
El Diablo: (climbing up from under the table) Apple!
Me: Good job! (showing the big B flashcard) Now what's this?
The Barbarian and Ms. Mischief: Big B!
Me: Good job!
El Diablo: (after hearing others being praised) Big B!
Me: (showing small b flashcard) What's this?
The Barbarian: Bear!
Me: No!
Ms. Mischief: B!
Me: Big or small B?
The Barbarian: Big small B!
The Princess: (status unchanged since start of class)
The Howler: (in Korean) My mom (blah blah unintelligible-even-to-my-Korean-co-teacher-stuff) later!
Me: What's this? (still showing the small b flashcard)
Ms. Mischief: B!
The Barbarian: (frantically) Uhh~~~BIG SMALL B!!!
Me: (knocking on the table to wake the Princess up from her stupor) Small b!
The Princess: (very startled) Small b! (then, realizing she was the first to answer correctly, smiles very, very smugly at the others, announcing in Korean) Everyone, I answered first! Did you hear? I answered first! (continues saying this over and over again in Korean while I ask new questions and the other students just ignore her)
El Diablo: (slinks under the table again)
Me: What is B for? B is for...
Ms. Mischief: Apple!
Me: No! A is for apple. B is for...
The Barbarian: (sunshine practically exploding from her face) BEAR!!!
