I got this from Reuben Vyn about how he handles kids who bug us for cuss words in the TL:
Whenever my students (usually the ‘cool’ ones that could lose interest and potentially not continue into the upper level classes) ask me how to say inappropriate things in French, I always laugh it off and tell them they’ll learn it in French 2, 3, or 4 depending on what level they’re currently in. It works pretty consistently – of course I might have to reconsider when these kids do sign up for the next level and I have to make good on my promise!!
This is gonna work for me. Those kids can be a real pain on that topic, right? They find them online and try to use them on me in class, timing their entry into the narrative. They get that look on their faces. I try to tell them that such words are actually very offensive in France. They don’t believe me.
The Problem with CI
Jeffrey Sachs was asked what the difference between people in Norway and in the U.S. was. He responded that people in Norway are happy and
