Krista's Arabic Vocabulary

This picture was taken on Thanksgiving. Jessica is on the left, I'm in the middle, and Krista is on the right.



Here are the things that Krista (the math teacher) knows in Arabic. She is a really good and logical teacher who runs a pretty tight ship. Things don't get past her, and she feels that it is her responsibility to teach these students life lessons--especially about responsibility and accountability. I love her. :) The first week of school she probably sent 20 students to Pastor Tom, and she won the award for collecting the most cell phones in the ad building out of all the staff members.

-"Why?"
-"Hurry."
-"Now."
-"Run."
-"Let's go."
-"Wait."
-"Saturday night only." (the only night that she will show grades)
-"Use your mind."
-"Because I said so."
-throw up (because it's very close to "squared")
-fart (She found this out while teaching geometry and saying, "If C is between A and B..." and everyone giggled everytime she had to repeat herself.)
-arithmetic problems (She practices them when she goes to students' houses.)
-numbers
-bambi, akhdar, aHmar, asfar, and all the other colors--It is her mission in life to make sure that every child in Egypt knows his or her colors. We didn't realize that that was emphasized more strongly in America than in other places, and there are some three year olds that don't know their colors.
-"Goodbye."

and

-"Photosynthesis." (She wanted to sound smart if an Egyptian person walked by and heard her saying that... most of the students don't know the word for it in Arabic though)