August 29, 2005

An Ode to Lucifer

I decided to play a mini-version of Mad Libs in one of my English classes the other day. I set it up for the students as follows:

Yesterday, I went to _______. I saw ______. I ate ______ and drank ______. It was ______!

I would then go around the room and ask each one to fill in the blanks. Time after time they would copy one another or keep it relatively mundane. An example:

Yesterday, I went to the zoo. I saw monkeys. I ate pizza and drank water. It was fun!

I was therefore surprised when one student delivered:

Yesterday, I went to Hell. I saw the Devil. I ate people and drank blood. It was great!

I gave him a sticker for pure originality.


ps- Stickers are form of currency at the hagwon. For every 10 stickers they get one 'dollar' which is then traded in for candy or school supplies when we hold a Market Day (which happens about every two months).

Posted by Schaffer at August 29, 2005 11:35 PM
Comments

Way to promote Satanism!
Yesterday, I went to moon. I saw the flag. I ate cheese and drank Milk. It was dark!

Posted by: Mo at August 30, 2005 08:27 AM

nice. very original.

Posted by: mark at August 31, 2005 08:19 PM

Hahahahaha...I'm in class, while my students are watching a video, and I just busted out laughing...that kid is awesome! I would have given him 5 stickers, because that is the best Mad Lib ever. My kids usually just use "toilet" and "fart" for their nouns...

Posted by: Joree at September 17, 2005 03:02 AM