One joy of teaching in Colombia is experiencing students learning English. I would consider all of my students fluent in the sense that they understand nearly everything (maybe missing a few new words here and there) and can communicate anything they want (again, maybe missing a few words.) However, what I thoroughly enjoy is when they say something and don't realize what it means until after it comes out.
An example might help capture this:
On my desk I have a cat calendar. Yes, every day I am a little more cat-lady-like. Well, one of my kids was looking through the pictures and came to a picture of those fur-less rat-cats. Okay, they aren't rats but this breed of cat reminds me of a rat. Google "sphynx cat" and you'll get the picture. So my kiddo saw that picture and he excitedly told me that he has one of those cats. Really? Weird. What does it feel like when you pet it? Is it soft? This is when another kid reaches his hand to my forehead and pipes up, "It feels like when you pet your foreskin." Pause. Pause. Pause.
He then realized what he said and started dying laughing. I couldn't contain myself either. We just laughed and laughed. "No mease, I meant forehead!!!"
Yes. I'm still sitting here smiling thinking about his blunder. Haha. Forhead...
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