kids say the darnedest things

so i was teaching my student (15 yrs old) and he had to answer a question about an interesting custom in his country. here is what he answered: men better than women. i must have looked appalled. he said no, really. i said please explain. he said, father father father dead people? (konglish for ancestors). i said yes, ancestors. women are robots. i say WHAT!? but you dont think that NOW right and he said TEACHER! women cook, clean, like robot, you know? MAN i said. but NOW you don't believe it, right? and he said, teacher, pass. (konglish for next question). i think i scared him.

another thing. he needed an eraser and he didn't have one b/c korean kids use these clicky erasers like we used to use (or wanted too but mom wouldn't buy them. the dooms had them, one in red and one in navy. i coveted them.)and his friend stole the eraser and stuck his pen where the eraser should go, cap end and now the cap won't come out. i said that friend was not a friend but a jerk. jerk=not nice person. then he said no teacher, he is very handsome so he is my friend. and i said it doesn't matter if he's handsome, he broke your stuff on purpose. and he said teacher he is handsome and girls think he is handsome and i get a girlfriend.

so there you have it. hang out with good looking people and you get a significant other. it's just that easy. even if they break your stuff.
oh right--and men are better than women b/c women are robots.