We get a newsletter once and a while at school and it presents a bunch of student work. It's really cool and I'm sure the kids love it when their work is in it. This time around one of my favorite students wrote a poem that was put into the school-wide portfolio. It was only six lines so I plugged it into the translator and this is what it gave me:
Today is a rainy day
All the umbrellas Chardonnay
Holding umbrellas in various colors
Walking walking street
Pretty umbrella roadside
Me of the rainbow road
From this perspective its very eloquent, dare I say the most elegant piece of work to come out of google translator? Regardless, I was impressed to say the least. This student is one of the higher achieving kids in my after school class. I wouldn't be surprised if she could translate half of it herself. Her parents are very cultured based on how she acts and the fact they both speak English.
In the end of it all it's really cool to see these accomplishments because I don't have the opportunity to see them do anything other than English and gives a little more insight into what they like without having these drawn out conversations to the question: "What do you like to do?"
This is just a bonus: One section they have student art the half page consists of three Grade 2 works and one Grade 6 piece. Awkward? Embarrassing? I like the kid, I hope it's a typo.
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