A teacher asked me to teach an impromptu lesson on the American education system to a group of 10th form (roughly the equivalent of 10th grade.) I gamely agreed – after all, after 16 years in the American education system, I should be able to talk about it for 45 minutes to a bunch of 16-year-olds.
The class went reasonably well. At one point, employing my “classroom management skills” I asked a boy who was chatting at the back of the room to come forward to the board to write down the word “sophomore.” I accompanied the request with a general hand gesture indicating he should join me at the board. The boy’s face turned beet red and his friends immediately started laughing so hard they couldn’t breath. I asked them to be quiet, and dismissed the incident.
Come to find out (a few days later, from two fellow PCVs), the hand gesture by which I indicated the young man should come to the front of the room doubles as a “come on” signal used by young women who wish to make… the acquaintance… of young men.
Score one for Miss Amanda. Mixin’ it up! Keepin’ it fresh! Inadvertently flirting with 16-year-old students!
Oi. 
