Conversations with My Students: Spelling is Fun!

Once a week I am blessed to be in the presence of five very high-level older elementary school students. They range in age from 10 to 12, and they're all very well-rounded kids who tend to have a little too much fun in my class. There are four girls and one boy, so naturally the boy gets picked on a lot.

Photo mostly unrelated. I did make those at work :)

In Ms. Carly's class, Japanese is never to be spoken unless you want your chair taken away. But they're not quite old enough to have learned swear words in English, so the girls recently figured out a clever way to insult the boy. Apparently he had been doing some impersonation or generally acting stupid the entire class, so the girls had to point it out.

Unrequited Love Girl: Carly, Carly! The Boy is a B-A-K-A (idiot).
Other three girls: AHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Idol Girl: No, no, he is H-E-N-T-A-I.
The Boy: *Thinks for a moment* Japanese is hentai (horny/perverted).
Girls: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
ULG: Ah no he is... S-U-K-E-B-A!
Me: B-A? Are you sure? I think it's B-E.
ULG: B-E?
Me: S-U-K-E-B-E. Not sukeba.
ULG: Ah okay. The Boy is S-U-K-E-B-E (pervert/lecherous).
Other three girls: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Twihard: The Boy is so funny... *nearly dies laughing*

At this point everyone, including The Boy, are in tears from laughing so hard. Unrequited Love Girl (she has a pencil case that says that) was clutching her stomach saying it hurt from laughing, and that in turn made everyone laugh MORE. I'm surprised no one came in to see what all the noise was about.