Bushisms... best lesson ever.

[rebecca_in_blue]

I can't remember how we got on the subject, but one day Marlene and I were talking about how stupid President Bush is, and I joked that I could do a lesson with my students of correcting his grammatical mistakes. I wasn't planning to actually do it, but Marlene loved the idea so much that I decided to. So I googled his most famous mistake ("Is our children learning?") and instantly found a seemingly-endless list of eight years of "Bushisms." I made a page of my favorites ("Relations between our governments is good") for my students, and last week we spent our classes correcting the president. It was a little too difficult for my 1-class to really enjoy it, but it was a hit with my T-classes. They laughed so hard they almost fell out of their chairs. At the end of class, one of them raised her hand and asked, "Why Bush was elected if he is so stupid?" Somebody tell me how I was supposed to answer that question. Because you French kids are smarter than the entire Republican party, that's why.

And on a random note, I think "Sunday Morning Coming Down," by Johnny Cash, and "Tis of Thee," by Ani DiFranco, are probably the saddest songs I've ever heard. I can't even stand to listen to them, they're so sad.