Saturday, July 12, 2008

Funny student e-mails in English

The title should say it all about this post. I've been accumulating these all semester and I now present you with a few of my favorites. Bear in mind that these students should get mad props, since most of them just e-mailed me in Spanish. Anyway, I have no idea if anyone else will find these amusing, but the great thing about a blog is you don't have to read it!

(Side note: It's midnight the night before my trip. My landlady is coming at 9 am. I'm doing laundry, I haven't finished packing or cleaning, and I still need to eat dinner. I'm in denial and blogging instead...)

Note that all e-mails are presented as they were sent, with no edits to formatting or text, although I did remove their last names.

E-mail 1: I got this this morning (after my going-away party last night, which was great fun).
Subject: Thanks for everything Elizabeth from your ex-student

Hello Elizabeth, first, let me apologize because i couldn`t go to your dismissal party (fiesta de despedida), i planned to go, to say "good bye, have a nice flight" and give my appreciation for all your help on class, but at last minute i have to do a big school job.

I couldn`t go because i`m with some classmates doing a "heavy" school job for this monday, it`s a final exam, so it`s dificult. But i want to thank you for all your help on class, for been so nice with me and the others student, and for tryed ("tratar de..." cuak!!!!) to teach to us.

I must say that you are great, very kind, nice, a beautiful woman and a great teacher. I learn a lot, so thank you very much!!

I wish you the best luck there, in US, wherever you do, good luck!!!!!

If i go to US or Seattle i`ll tried to found you, jajaja.

Seriously, thank you very much for teach me and for been so nice.

I hope you have enjoy our little, but nice country Chile (or "Chilito", like many say it) and Viña, i hope you come back sometimes,... if you do, let me know! jajaj

So, that`s all.

Good luck Elizabeth, it was a pleasure to meet you, thank for all your help.

Have a nice flight, and i hope to see you again!

Take care and a big kiss!

Your ex - student
César
Bye bye!
P.S.: First, sorry, again, for my english, i know i know, it suck! jajaja
P.S.: And second, Felix give me your e-mail, i hope you don`t mind??

Take care!
Bye Elizabeth!!!!
~Cesar

E-mail 2: Sent the last day of class
Subject: see you someday noo good bay!!

Eli!!!
Is a pleasure to meet people like uu!!!
was really great to meet youuu!!!
you was a really good teacher for us!! you deserve the best!!!
tanks a lot for you patience !!! i won�t forget you
if i go to eeuu...
i will call you

!!!!

tankss !!! for been sush a good person!!!

we are going to miss you !!!!

:)

jolly!!!!!

E-mails 3-8: Sent as a requirement for an oral presentation

3:
Subject: about the oral

Points that I take to realize the presentation:

1- Specific phobia .

2- Examples of phobia.

3- Different types of phobias.

4- How do the phobias treat each other?

On the base of this the presentasion was exposed where there was announced that it is the phobia

I order the presentation
By, greets for you

4:
No subject

miss this is my presentation look that
Hello my name is felipe herrera today i will tell you about harry potter.
Potter is a teenage wizard .
he was two best friends ron weasley and hermione granger .
They study in hogwarts and in this place they live differents adventures.

>Harry was created by J.k rowling one day she traveled in a train when she looked a boy and imagine to harry potter.
Rowling wrote seven books about this wizard.

Today we can see five movie`s of harry potter and are the first five books

This is my presentation thanks you for comming
~Felipe

5:
No subject

Hi Elizabeth ,

Fisrt , i�m sorry by the hour , but i`m so busy with in the agency and others examens . I know that you are tired by many excuses of all students , but i�m sorry!

I�m wiil talk about the movie and best selling book " The Secret " of Rhonda Byrne.

The theme of the book/movie is the "law atraction". The people guide thier life acording to they toughts and feelings. Positive toughts bring about positive manifestations while negative thogouts bring about negative manifestatons.

The notes are :

First i�m will ask everybody if someone know the book/movie;
Second i�m will introduce and explain what is " The Secret "
After i�m will explain the Law of atraction ;
and then i�will put a video or trailer of the movie ( i,m hope , i�m treating to do a dowloald ) ;
I�m think that will are fun , i�m hope !

See you in the class ,

One more time,i�m sorry by the hour!

bye bye

6:
Subject: Presentation (This is not the other)

Hi Elizabeth, i do the work about the movemment call "Patagonia Sin Represas" and i have some problems with the ortography and gramatic, please help me with that if you can. I puto in black the letters taht i think are incorrect or doesnt have sence in the text.

and sory for ask you that, but i had problems for do the test that i own you the last class because i had a test of french after the presentations. Can i do the test tomorrow, after or before the exam?, if you can help me i will apreciate that very much.

A lot of thanks and good luck bye Pedro

7:
No subject

Elizabeth:

Sorry !!! But I cant send this email before!!!!

the three topics that i choose are:
1. Harry Potter
2. Cake
3. The euro

please!!!! I lov harry Potter!!!! I hope that I can talk about him...but if i cant, dont worry because I know that, this time, i was a irresponsable person!!!

See you later!!!

8:

ELIZABETH:

SEND YOU THE OUTLINE TO THE WORK FOR TOMORROW. I DONT KNOW IF THIS DOCUMENT THATS RIGHT, I HOPE THAT YES.

MAYBE YOU CAN THINK THAT ITS FEW MATERIAL, BUT IM VERY NERVIOUS, I DONT KNOW WHY!! BUT I THINK THAT I CAN TALK AROUND 5 MINUTES WITH THIS MATERIAL.

IM SORRY BECAUSE I DID'NT WENT TO THE LIBRARY TODAY, BUT MY BOSS DOESN'T GIVE ME AN AUTHORIZATION FOR TO GO TO DUOC. ( I AM IN INTERNSHIP)

I HOPE THAT THE THING THAT I CAN DO ITS OK

SEE YOU TOMORROW

NIDIA

P.D: IM SORRY, BUT MY ENGLISH ITS HORRIBLE!!!! I TRY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

E-mails 9-11: Sent as responses to an announcement that we were going to have class in a bar to watch a big soccer game one day

9:
hello teacher, i�m sorry and i really want to go!!!, but i can�t !!i have to work today, my family has a business, we have a bakery :-)
i know isn�t a excuse, but they asked me to help them.
i can�t say no!!!....
well don�t expect nothing , i�m just justifying my absence, is not becouse i�m lazy!!!!!
really

i hope you have a great time watching futbol game with my clasemates

thank!!!!! see youuu.

10:
hi eli i don�t undertand this idea. we can drink beer in the journal???? this activity is obligatory????
~Felipe

11:
ELIZABETH then is a class informal ???
sorry I am little slow to understand :):):)
sorry for my cuestion but you are referring to speak in English during a game of fotbol .... you want to comment on what in English?????
sorry for the hours time :):):):):)
~Cristina

1 comment:

carrola29 said...

I lOVE THIS! I saved ALL of mine from last semester with intentions of doing the same thing- thanks for the reminder. I know we shouldn't laugh at them, but damn it's funny- especially the ones that were OBVIOUSLY translated on some shitty website. "I want for that explaination of past today were you at for in. . ." I love it!