Chinese School
I’ve been volunteering at Chinese School the past few weeks. It’s lovely that the kids have attitudes but sometimes they over do it and they’re way sicker than we were at their age.
I’ve been going with a friend to make it slightly more interesting. And since I talk to that person, they automatically think I’m flirting. I’m okay with their initial claims, I thought it’d cease soon enough. But no. The next time I went they walk between us and look at each others faces and scream “FLIRTERS!”
Since I haven’t shaved for a week and a half, I have a decent beard growing. So to end it I say “Psh…why would I do that, I have five wives at home.” I added “And I abuse every single one of them.” My friend and I laugh it off initially, but I stress the fact that I’m married so the kids buy what I said as my acquisition of a single wife at my home. Shortly before leaving, I show them a picture of JS on my phone and I tell them that’s my wife.
A week happens. And I go to Chinese School with another friend who’s my ethnicity. And they assume that’s my wife, even though she’s clearly not the JS I showed them from my phone. They come and ask me why I’m cheating on my initial/first friend I went with and with JS from my phone. And their ideas run rampant! Quickly every single grade level finds out about this. Most of the Chinese kids there believe it, but the Indians don’t.
While break last Monday, a second grader approaches me in the presence of my friend who everyone thinks is my wife and with more audacity than AA says “Do you guys kiss? Hug? Make out? HAVE SEX?” My friend and I roll our eyes. And my eyes roll all the way back, get stuck and I start walking and stumbling, so I can’t see anything and I look like a sauntering zombie. Okay I guess the last sentence doesn’t happen, but still HOW SICK CAN 2ND GRADERS GET?! I dismiss their question.
How do these kids know about sex? I didn’t know about sex until 7th grade. Everyone I knew was a goodie two shoes. I can’t believe I have petty little drama like this even though school’s out. It’s keeping me entertained. As odd as it may sound, I want them to spout their minds more often… about anything.
I have the situation under control now though. I pretty much hit their heads with a little BFR called knowledge and maturity that they’re really cool now. I taught this one kid the proof of how (-a)(-b) = ab and he stopped being annoying. We’ll see how the next five times I go end up.
