School Days

I started teaching last week.  Let's just get straight into the hilarity:
There are approximately 40 students in each class.  That is DOUBLE the students in an American class.  DOUBLE!
One of the first graders asked me why my eyes were blue.  It's quite apparent that I may be the first foreigner these kids have ever seen/interacted with.  My reply:  "Why are your eyes brown?"
A little boy was amazed and amused by the hair on my arms.  This is something I have become a bit self-conscious about so thank you sir for making note of it and then asking if I was a boy because of my hairy arms.  Lucky you, Asian kid, for having lack-of-body-hair genes.  Those who hail from Eastern Europe are not as blessed.  It took everything I had not to punch him in the face with my hairy arms.

I have a first grade student whose English name is Ivy.  I attempted to explain to her that Ivy is my Mom's name.  She was clearly confused, but after class she came up to me and asked, "Two Ivys?"  YESSSS!  The next day she handed me a note that said, "You Mother Ivy."

Speaking of English names, here are the most popular ones:  Angel, Apple, Jack, Tony and I have two Simbas.
Everywhere I go, I hear, "Hello, Miss Sheby!!" Yes, the /L/ is missing on purpose.