What happened today in Elementary school just has to be recorded. I was teaching the 3rd year kids (7-8 year olds) about body parts, using a game where I point to a part of my body, they raise their hands and say what it is, and get to draw that part of the body on their torsoe (on the blackboard - kind of a race to get the funniest complete body game)

So anyway, I gave them a bonus question, and asked them for something I hadnt taught them yet - I pointed at my finger and said "Whats this?" - all of the kids were puzzled and had no idea, expect in the corner of my eye just a few metres away, the cutest of little girls had her hand timidly half raised, and so I pointed to her and asked what the word was.

She then spoke in the cutest of cute voices, really quietly... "penis?"

Obviously, I had mis-heard. There is no way she just said what I thought she'd said. Most young Japanese boys know the word, but they always pronounce it "pen-nis", whereas this girl spoken it with perfect enunciation. So... I must have been wrong... I requested the answer once more "sorry, can you say it again louder?"

Sure enough, "penis" - in a more confident voice this time. Now I died inside, and had to physically fight the laughter building towards my cheeks, yet managed to contain myself enough to look at her and say "im sorry, thats not right" and continue with the game. The next 5 minutes were tough, but I managed to get through the class without a scene