Some people do not like their jobs. Some people like their jobs just a little too much. I'm not sure which category it falls in, but one of the series of language books we use, Wake Up, which is produced in Korea, has some spectacularly named activities listed in the teacher's guides. This is not Konglish or Engrish, mind you, but a twisted mind wreaking havoc in a land with no English-fluent editors. And keep in mind also that the actual activities have absolutely nothing to do with the titles. For example, "I Could Wallpaper My Bathroom with These Rejection Notices" involves drawing, cutting, pasting, and making little books about toys or pets. Here are some favorite activities for children: Foods/Body Parts: Forcefeed the Fat Boy! House and Apartment Vocabulary (and nothing to do with Rome): Don't Throw Garbage in my Yard Weather and Clothes: The Raincoat is Quicker than the Eye Occupations/Transportation: Who Has the Bomb? Clothing/Food/Farms/Animals: The Amazing Kreskin! Foods/Time: William Tell is Hungry
Leonardo's Leprosy
Muscle Atrophy
Under My Arms
Give Me My Legs
Colonel, Some Dessert Please
Holy Roller
Phonics Flashdance
Look Ma, No Warts
Find My Body Part
Jumping Snatch
Weezie, we're Moving Up to the East Side
Carmichael, I Love What You've Done to the Place
Monty, What's behind the Curtain?
Rome was not Built in a Day
When In Rome
Roman Polanski Presents
The Children's Cupboard Crusade
Kitchen Rhymes with Chicken
Gogh Draw
Gourmet Gourmand
Sofa Slob
Roman Times Were Hard
Sofa Slap
The Maytag Guy Does Get Lonely
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Bedroom and Bathroom Bull's-Eye
It's My House; Designs are My Choice
Roll the Die and Wear It!
The Great Clothing Hunt (2 variations)
Pandora's Box?
Fire Trio
Transformed Hangman
Going Mobile
I Want a New Job
Get on the bus!
Rhythmical Taxi
The Pilots of Penzance
The Wright Way
Another Spinster
Boxcar Willy
Book 'em, Danno
Who's the Man?
Move Along Son
Between the Wars
Between the Buttons
Who do you want to be in front of?
Baby, You Can Drive My Car
Psychic Friends Relay
Have You Ever Seen a Student?
The Captain and his Crafty XOs
Tractors, Turtles and the Big Bad Teacher
Farmer's Roulette
Crazy Cow 'Hay'-jinx!
The Great Hay Relay Buffet
Flying Friandise Foodfest
"Flap On, Flap Off ... The Flapper!"
Big Wing Wannabes
The Black Sheep of the Family
A Horse of a Different Color
Wag 'Em If Ya Got 'Em!
Making Heads or Tails Out Of An Animalistic Situation
Smooth Operator
Stop Crying, You Baby!!
(This) Is Just A Simple Drawing Activity
Indian Poker Review
Backwards Butchers
Down on the Farm
Pin the Zookeeper in the Zoo
How's Your Bench?
Hot Wheels on Ice
Crazy Dancing Snakes
Five Weak Monkeys
Only the Strong Survive
The Deluxe Dolphin Mobile
Falstaff Boxes
The Zeitgeist of it All
The Walls of Fruit Are Closing in on Me!
Watermellon Balloons in Strawberry Fields
We Share the Same Brain
Crazy Carrot Limbo!
Onion Rings Are Flying Through The Skies
The Living Lettuce Head
Leaf Me Alone!
Formal Salad Mixer
Drinks to Dice For
Search For the Secret Spritzing Soda
Showdown at Some Flipped-Out Corral!
Much Ado About Something
Some Snake Slappin' Spinfest
Cheat!!!
Funky Fast Food Franchise Face-Off
Chickenbread, Chickenbread, Where Are You?
Zen and the Art of Sandwich Making
Love is Blind But Favorites Are Blindfolded
Joy of Yearning with Cards in English
I Want Some Academy Awards!
Some Precognition Can Bring Lots of Good Fortune
Time, Time, Look What's Become of me.
Same to You
Matisse's Madness
Funny Forked Road
Even the Nights are Better!