Questions

As I mentioned in yesterdays surprise Vlog post - I've been visiting a lot of 5th grade classes. Which means I get to introduce myself a lot. Which means I get asked a lot of questions. So I've decided to make a little list of my favorite questions so far, or questions I was surprised to be asked. Since the fifth graders have only really had English lessons for about a week, these questions were asked in German, and I answered in English.

• Have you ever met any stars?
• Are you proud that you were born in America?
• Do they speak English or American there?
• Can you sing something in English? (I sang them Ke$ha, of course!)
• Did you fly to Germany or come with the S-bahn?
• Can you speak German? (asked in German even after other questions in  German were asked)
• What is the temperature in Florida?
• Are there hot dog stands on every corner?
• Where you there on 9/11? (seriously almost every class has asked this, and these kids are only 10 and 11 years old)
• Do you know Obama?
• Have you ever been on TV? 
• What animals have you seen?
• Do you have English classes at school?
• Do you learn German like we learn English?
• How much is the dollar worth? (keep in mind these were 5th graders)
• (after showing them a dollar bill I had on me) Can I trade you a Euro for your dollar?
• What are your parents' names?
•  Have you ever been to [insert name of any US state or city]?
• Don't they have really nice cars in America? (coming from a German, really? Your busses are Mercedes!)
• Do you have a house in America?
• Do you like Giraffes?

I'd say this is solid support of my hypothesis that 5th graders are pretty much the cutest ever. I can't wait to work with them lots this year!