You know where you are??

You're in Korea baby, time to teach. I remember reading all about Korea's affinity for singing before I came here. I was looking forward to joining such a harmonious culture and joining in the hymns. However, I didn't anticipate the perk of being able to teach the children songs. I've yet to bring my guitar in for a sing-along, but, rockin' aside, we've still had a lot of singing time in my class. With the kindergarten children, I'm summoning a gift I got from my mother, and she from her mother. The gift to constantly make up and sing silly diddys. It doesn't matter what, I can make a song about it. "Alisa loves pink, she wears pink, and she sees pink all day, all day, all day." Odd tunes like that. Then there are the name songs; the children go nuts over these. There are many Susie's in Swaton and I've been singing them Credence's "Susie Q." "Oh Susie Q, oh Susie Q, oh Susie Q baby I love you, Suzie Q." What amazes me is how quick they pick up on a song they've never actually heard. I'll walk into the class and they'll be rockin' "Susie Q" making the guitar sounds at intervals, exactly as I do. They hear it once, and the song is in their catalog. Some of the girls in Illinois class got jealous that Susie had her own song and they began demanding songs for their names. I thought about it, Allison...NO, Stacey....NO, Henry...NO, Jinnie....NO, Michelle.......YES. I know, most of you would teach them the Beatle's Michelle song, but not me. I taught them the chorus to Guns N' Roses' "My Michelle." "Well, well, well, you never can tell, well, well, well, my Michelle." Innocent enough, as long as we don't start singing the verses. They attached themselves to it immediately and began singing "My Michelle" with passion that would make Axl Rose proud; wherever he is, Korea maybe? I left that class very amused and satisfied that I had imparted a little of my adolescance onto the children. Then, after teaching that class, Ryan said, "man, I walked into the class and these 7 yr olds are singing Guns N Roses- creepy." Hahhaah. I'm going to burn "Susie Q" and bring it in for the children but I could never let them hear the origin of their cute "Michelle" chorus. They're young, let them sing with innocence, they have all the time in the world to enter the chaotic, heaven-and-hell world of GNR.