Thai Students Meet War Heads. Chaos Ensues.

So my awesome parents have been sending me packages filled with wonderful things the entire time I've been here.  I doubt I would have survived if they weren't so spectacular.

Sidenote:  Shoutout to all the other wonderful people who have sent me an endless stream of packages and cards:  Gram; Rachel; Marilyn & Bob; Meg & Bob; Georgine; Dianna, Chris, Stephen & Dominic; Jackie & Shirley....and George (Seriously dude, you've got a weird sense of humor), thank you all SO MUCH!!!  It's such a fantastically terrific surprise to get mail here from people I love at home!  End sidenote.

A while ago, we decided it would be fun to give the students some American food that they don't have here.  Since candy is the easiest and least-perishable thing to ship, it was the obvious choice.

First up was Jolly Ranchers which they thought were especially tasty.  Then came Sour Patch Kids.  For a bunch of children who can easily eat food so spicy it could kill a herd of wild horses, it was completely hysterical to watch them squirm with surprise and over-worked salivary glands at the tart deliciousness that is Sour Patch Kids.  Truly hysterical.

Skyping with my mom one day, she had another suggestion:  "If they loved the Sour Patch Kids so much, you should try some War Heads!"  Thus was born the idea to give my Thai students War Heads.  Jane and Ed sent a package containing food for me and candy for my students.  In addition to War Heads, Pop Rocks also made the journey.

I had to choose carefully which class to treat to the sour-fest since with 45 students per class and 22 classes per week, there was no way they were all getting some (plus, I just flat-out don't like a good portion of those over 900 kids).  I chose my favorite class - M2/10, by far the most skilled of all my "English learners"...yes, those were intentionally in ironic quotes.

Sidenote #2:  There is a set of twins in M2/10 and it took me a good two months to realize that they were two people, not one girl who had an uncanny ability to be two places at once and move really fast.  End sidenote #2.

Last week, I treated the M2/10s to their first taste of Pop Rocks and War Heads.  Neither Stacy nor Carlyn had class during that period, and the classroom is right next to the English department, so they came to watch it all go down.  The reaction to the Pop Rocks was pretty funny.  The kids wondered what the heck was going on in their mouth and all you could hear for a good five minutes was the sound of 40 12-year-olds fizzing.  I had a strong urge to also give them Coke :)

The reaction to the War Heads was possibly one of the funniest things I have ever witnessed.  Words cannot properly describe how hilarious it was to watch unsuspecting kids eat War Heads, so a felt taking a video of the shenanigans was imperative  (This is one of the twins.  Aon or Aum - I can never be sure which.  The other twin is to her left.)