Gabor from 7B: "It's the seventh lesson (whining). We're tired!"
ME: "I'm tired too."
G7B: "But we're students. You just have to talk. We have to listen."
ME: LAUGH "I was a student once too and believe me, you have no
idea!"
G7B: "You were a student? When? Ten years ago?"
ME: "More like three years ago." (suddenly surprised at the fact that I
haven't been out of school that long).
G7B: "Where did you go to school?"
ME: (knowing he doesn't know that central Illinois exists) "In the USA."
G7B: "Ahhh I understand."
What it was that he necessarily understood, I don't know. All I know is that it was a pretty impressive English conversation for a 12 year old.
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I guess that "understood" refers to that common Hungarian thought that the American Primary and High School kids don't need to study as much as the Hungarian...
As far as I know this is your second year in Hungary (I"m a new reader of your blog), I'm kinda surprised you haven't realized that how the average Hungarian thinks about the American school system.
We (Hungarians) are too proud of ourselves on this field... although according to the international surveys (e.g. PISA) we should reorganize our system...
You should ask your students about the number or even the names of the American states. You might be surprised how many they know... unfortunately they might have some problem filling of an application form for visa, airplane ticket, etc. :((
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