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Student A:
He is my best friend. He is my slave.
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Natalie Teacher:
You're his slave?? That isn't fair! What do you do as a slave?
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Student B:
He punches me. Sometimes he's my slave and I punch him.
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Natalie Teacher:
What a beautiful friendship.
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Student A:
He is my favorite friend, I love him the most.
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Student C:
*In Korean* What are you doing?
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Student A:
WE ARE TALKING TO NATALIE! OKAY? BYE! That's my boyfriend.
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Natalie Teacher:
Your BOYFRIEND? Wow. That's sweet.
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Student A:
I'm not gay! I have a girlfriend! Do you know [girl's name]??
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Natalie Teacher:
Hmmm... I'm not sure. (I can't remember 800 names, sorry).
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Student A:
You find her. You know class 11? She's there. You can find her. She is the most pretty girl.
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Student B:
NOOO teacher he liar. NOT pretty.
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Natalie Teacher:
I think you slave is jealous.
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Students A & B immediately disentangle their elaborate hold on each other. High school boys in Korea have no shame and it can be really sweet. "Find the prettiest girl and you find her"... what a wonderful way to describe your girlfriend! And of course, one of the most initially shocking things when entering a Korea high school for the first time is how touchy the boys are with each other. They are always playing with each other's hair/hands/clothes, holding their hands in class, sleeping in each others' laps, walking with their arms wrapped around each other. They are 20x for affectionate with each other than the girls. I am going to start posting my more interesting conversations on here from now on. Ah, my students can be really great sometimes.
