Japan! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
Way #2
Today during class, we were talking about careers. I was giving my 2nd year students a listening comprehension exercise when I came across a few interesting career options. The first question was:
“I put out fires. Who am I?” The Answer was a firefighter. One of my students says fireman instead. I mention that fireman was correct, however we say Firefighters because these days there are many women in the profession as well.
So what’s the next question to come up? “I catch fish all day. Who am I?” No one knew the answer. So I tell them that a fisherman was the term we usually use. Then, one of my more lively student corrects me. “fishfighter”, he says. At which point I play out a scene where a man is beating a fish with his fists. The class erupts in laughter. Oh fishfighter, where have you gone?
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