Purple rabbits.

Recently, in my Gogo 2 class, we had the opportunity to study some basic animal vocabulary, which included the word rabbit. The book had a Bingo game activity which required the kids to color the animals in each square first before starting the game. One thing I have learned when coloring with Korean children is that they color things very realistically. A violin is always brown, an apple is always red, and the sun is always yellow. So whenever I try to shake things up a bit, the kids violently protest. This was the case when I decided to color my rabbit purple.

Me: What color is a rabbit?
Kids: Brown!
Me: Are all rabbits in Korea brown?
Kids: Yes! Brown! (one dissenter may have said that rabbits are also "black and white")
Me: Hmm. Well, I think I'm going to color my rabbit purple.
Kids: Teacher, no! Rabbit brown! Purple no!
(This is where I decided to play a little trick)
Me: In Korea, rabbits are brown. But in America, rabbits are purple!
(The kids then stared at me in disbelief and confusion)
One boy: Teacher, miguk (American) rabbit purple? (Translation: Teacher, American rabbits are purple?)
Me (confidently and with several nods): Oh yes, all rabbits in America are purple.
Same boy (nodding knowingly to himself as if it all made sense now...): Ahhhh...

I love shedding light on the truths of my homeland :)