Hahaha...

Today, my class had the foreign teacher's class. In an activity, students were asked to say their daily routines. When this part was finished, the foreign teacher asked them if their routines in weekends were different from those in weekdays. Not surprisingly, students answered, "There's no difference. We still have to go to school on Saturdays." Then, I heard some little voice saying "holes" and several others also repeated "holes." All the students laughed and turned their heads to look at me and there was a bit commotion. Then, another voice said, "We have to dig holes on weekends." I coudn't help but laugh. What is funny about this? Now, let me explain. This semester, I assigned my students to read two English novels. We have already finished one novel (The secret garden), which is not difficult for them. But when they started to read the other one(Holes), they found it very challenging because there are too many new words in the novel for them. And some students would spend 3 or 4 hours just looking up new words in dictionaries. Besides, they have to do the reading homework that I assign every week. Like the hero in the novel, who has to dig a big hole every day in the camp, students feel like they are digging holes in some sense. Their assignment is just as difficult as digging a hole for the hero. I admire my students' cleverness to mock themselves in this way. And I am also glad to see that the reading(or the novel) has become part of their lives. Ha!