things my students wanted to write in their valentine’s cards
My students are poets! When I told them that American students make Valentines in school, they were shocked! We made cards in class, and things got a little out of hand. I tried to teach them that Valentine’s Day is about friendship, too. Was it a lost cause? The following is proof that the French live up to their reputation as romantics….
Est-ce que j’ai le droit d’offrir ma carte à mon amoureux? / Am I allowed give my card to my lover?
Tu fais battre mon Coeur / You make my heart beat
Tu es précieux en mes yeux / You are precious in my eyes
Je t’aime de tout mon cœur / I love you with all of my heart
Tu te sens comme les fleurs / You smell like flowers!
J'aime ms. brehha, j'aime ma famie/j'aime ms. brenna, j'aime ma famille/i love ms. brenna, I love my family
Please note, that my students are between six and ten years old. !!?? Can you imagine American students writing this stuff? I’m pretty sure they stick with “you’re nice,” and “you’re cool”. Le sigh.
Soooooo sweet, these future heart stealers!
My shiest of CM2′s wrote: Ta peau est douce comme une rose, Ton parfum est rafraichissant comme l’ air…
Too bad I can’t remember the rest!
oh. my. god. EVEN BETTER!
(your skin is sweet like a rose, your smell est refreshing like air)
haha OH MY GOODNESS!….it’s in their french blood and perfectly gorgeous language<3
reminds me of my favorite….don’t know if this will translate, it’s louisiana french….” donnez moi un tit’ beck doux” means give me lots of sweet kisses (supposed to be like a chicken pecks on the ground)
What romantic 6-10 year olds!!!!
how awesome! i think it is wonderful you shared such an american tradition with them! i bet they really enjoyed themselves!
<3 megan
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I worked on a comic strip with a robot saying that Valentine’s Day is too commercialized and we should just give our S.O. money instead of succumbing to the capitalist middle man etc and one of my Terminal said, “but that’s like prostitution!” hahahha
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Wow, these are nothing like the ones we wrote as kids in the States! The most romantic was “Be My Valentine?” Haha!
I really should use that next year- you smell like flowers.
Future heartbreakers
I want to publish valentines that say these quotes next to photos of their faces haha!
I love this post, how charming to teach cute little frenchies
This is such an awesome idea. I’m a language assistant too, but for high school classes and 3 middle school classes…. if only this would work with them. I want to make some valentines!
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That is SO ADORABLE. That is one of the best things about living overseas… getting to see what the students come up with. i love this.
You smell like flowers…Awwwwwwww
That’s fricken hilarious!
Ah, they learn all this at such a young age….that explains everything! haha.
Wow, these are really sweet and romantic! I was one of those kids that wrote ‘you’re nice’, etc for Valentine’s…there was even a ‘I like your shoes’ ones for classmates I didn’t know well!
i’m a teacher too. i have to ask… how did you get set up with your job?? it sounds like exactly what i need more of in my life right now.