Tales from the High School Shop IX

I have a new group of Grade 8's in metalwork for the last term.  One kid speaks no English, only Spanish.

My Spanish is limited to mostly the naughty words.

So, I ran my basic safety powerpoint through Google Translate (and back again a couple times to make sure it kept its meaning), and added the Spanish.  He appreciated that, and it seemed to make sense to him. Today, I demo'd the machines.

At the milling machine, I  said "This one is for Juan: 'no pongas los dedos donde no pondrías tu pene'." I then motioned "Shhhhhhhh!" and zippered my lips.

Juan laughed and laughed. The other kids asked him what I said, but he doesn't know the English.  Good times.

lol 

You're awesome.

This is how you become a kid's favorite teacher in just 5 minutes. And form a lasting connection that kids will actually learn from. My hat is off to you.

Plus, everyone loves a hootus joke.

So...you gonna translate that for those who only speak Merican?

In reply to Appleseed :

https://translate.google.com/

Don't put your fingers where you wouldn't put your hootus

What he told his mama when he got home:

No vas a creer lo que mi maestro en taller de máquinas me dijo hoy!