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I was teaching a Spanish lesson to high schoolers,
and I explained that "guardar la cama" (literally-- as it
looks-- "guard the bed") means to be sick in bed and/or
sleeping hard after a night of studying all night. I was
expecting at least "polite laughter" at the expression
"guard the bed"(which I happen to find hysterical)
and/or "sleeping after studying all night", but I got no
reaction. I said "well I guess you all haven't had the
study all night and then sleep all day experience since
you're not in college yet"; still no reaction from anyone. I
thought surely someone would ask me if college was
really like that/had I ever done that? just to try to get me
off track.

I continue that "estar en la cama" means "to be in bed"
and is distinguished from "guard the bed" because it
just means sitting, reading, or (I said without thinking of
the double meaning of my words until it's too late)
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Sally /blockquote>

Maybe you talk too fast and they can't keep up with you? Or
too quietly- they can't hear you? Is it first period- they're
still asleep or last period- they are asleep again.They hate
Spanish?
You made this up? Do they ever respoind spontaneously? Is your
school humorless?
Sep 29, 2002
student teacher /blockquote>

I decided not to go into teaching, because this was actually
not a bad day... but never mind about that, this is a humor
chatroom :). I just thought this this was funny, so I posted it.
Yes, they hate Spanish
No I didn't make it up
The school was not humorless, but it was very Catholic. I
loved my coope...See More
Oct 3, 2002
Maybe that's why yo didn't received a response /blockquote>

On 9/29/02, student teacher wrote:
> I was teaching a Spanish lesson to high schoolers,
> and I explained that "guardar la cama" (literally-- as it
> looks-- "guard the bed") means to be sick in bed and/or
> sleeping hard after a night of studying all night. I was
> expecting at least "pol...See More
Mar 6, 2003
guardar la cama= be confined to bed NFM /blockquote>

On 3/06/03, Maybe that's why yo didn't received a response
wrote:
> On 9/29/02, student teacher wrote:
>> I was teaching a Spanish lesson to high schoolers,
>> and I explained that "guardar la cama" (literally-- as it
>> looks-- "guard the bed") means to be sick in bed and/or
>...See More
Apr 15, 2003


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