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Freudian Slip

Today was my third year students' end of year exam.

The listening test, which my disorganised goose of a teaching partner asked me at the last minute to prepare, was delivered in real time over the school's PA system. Normally we would record the thing on tape (or on MiniDisc like my other well-organized school) but there was not enough preparation put into this whole shambles, so we ended up delivering it live.

Of course, this left little room for error. So when, during my description of what a great country Australia is (that I had pulled out of my arse) I accidentally let out that "it was important because of sharks to only swim at safe bitches", I realized that it was very lucky that I was the only native English speaker at the school, and the slip went by unnoticed...