I work in a school where the majority of students do not speak English as their first language. As a result, sometimes there are miscommunications. The following is an example of what I mean.
Yesterday, we had the orchestra director from the local middle school come to recruit 5th grade students. He brought several of the instruments and played them for the students. He began to play "Amazing Grace". I was standing at the back of the class and the student seated at my feet said to the kids around her "I know this song, it's satanic". I looked down at her and said "No, it's not!" and she said "Yes, it is I heard it before. It's satanic." She then whispered to her classmates "Isn't this satanic?" and they all said "Oh, yes, it is satanic". I told her to stop and said "This is a church song! It's Amazing Grace!" She looked at her friends and said frustrated "I know I heard it in that Leonardo Dicaprio movie." Yeah, she meant Titanic.
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