This week the Korean national curriculum requires that I teach "Please go ahead. Help yourself." And, "Do you want some more?" The object is for students to introduce foods and and offer various foods in English.

The text book chose to introduce "Beef Pie" from Australia. The only problem is that Beef directly translated into Korean is "cow meat" just like pork is translated as "pig meat".

Beef and pork in Korea comes sold with the animal head on the label. You might think that is to protect the animal rights and help you know what you are really eating. But actually the smiling pig head is a sign of good luck.

Anyway imagine trying to teach "beef" to kids that learned "cow meat." It just doesn't work. Now add on the fact that kids have to introduce beef pie to their friends and say, "Go ahead. Help yourself." Now add a Korean accent to the words, "Help yourself." They really have a hard time pronouncing the "L" sound so what should sound like "help" really sounds like "hump".

Anyway they butchered the dialog to the point that fifth grade students were walking around the classroom saying this:

A: I like cow pie.

B: Go ahead. Hump yourself.

I decided to write a poem about this:

Cow Pies

Cow pies are to be left for flies
Beef this is what we eat

I know you might be vegetarian
That's OK with me

Some prefer the annoying orange friends
Than a smiling pig on a butcher's plate
greeting at the store

Why the textbook overlooked
ANSAC biscuits and pavlova
I will never understand

Only cow pies from Australia
And apple pie from America

The cow pie is good for fertilizer or fuel for fire
But don't eat the cow pie honey
You will regret that nasty treat

Now this poem is over
and you still want beef

I submit this shit poem for day 98 of the 100 day poetry competition @d-pend.(Steemschool Discord) Img 1 Source Img 2 Source Img 3 Source Img 3 Source

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"Teaching ESL is the shit."

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