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I have been researching non stop my possible trip to Japan... and I came across this website about teaching English in japan... I thought you might enjoy some of the teacher's stories of "The Most Embarassing Student Moments"

Enjoy these are funny!

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1. I usually try to avoid farting in adult lessons but don't give a damn with a group of kids as they just blame it on each other. Anyway, I must have had natto with boiled eggs or something the night before as this particular day I really cut the cheese with one silent but deadly emission. The kids started gagging and accussing little Yasuhiko who had actually dropped one the week before. He denied it so vehemently that tears welled up in his eyes. And then Chieko, a kind of Japanese "Lucy from Peanuts" and the de facto leader, slowly turned to look straight at me and said in Japanese, "I bet it was James-sensei...it's that kind of smell." All the other kids took it up and started chanting "James farted, James farted" in Japanese. I was on the defensive and started blushing involuntarily. The kids realised their victory and started chanting louder at which point I noticed 2 or 3 faces peering in through the observation window of the door...the mothers were here and the lesson was almost over. As the little group descended the stairs later, the last comment I heard in response to a mum asking how her little one's lesson had been was "I feel sick cos James-sensei dropped his guts in the lesson." Another satisfied customer...

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I was standing in a class of 4 students teaching pretty low level grammar. It just so happens that a brand new teacher was in my class observing. I was in no way nervous... I got over that a while ago... ... all was well with my lovely class of highschool girls and one young business man when I asked a fatal question.

You see, the topic of snowmen came up in class. I wanted to ask the students the difference between snowmen in the states and snowmen in japan. In Japan there are only 2 sections to a snowman... and while there are certainly variations present, most North American snowmen have 3. So how did I ask? With 3 words already out of my mouth I was forced to finish what is probably the stupidest question I have ever asked. "How many balls does a Japanese snowman have?" I froze... did my newbie observer notice... i think not... looks like he was dozing off still down from jetlag... did my students notice, obviously not, schoolgirl #1 raises her hand and with a proud smile says "A Japanese snowman has 2 balls, and an American one has 3. American is more big, because there is many snows..."
good answer my friend...
-Killian

so funny@