What NOT to do!!!

Its amazing (and quite hilarious too!) how little the everyday regular person knows what to do in a dangerous situation or when an accident has occured. For example, today as I was giving class to my seven students from the hotel and I told them that today's topic would be "Accidents at Home". After teaching them some new vocabulary on the subject I explained the following activity: "I will give you some hypothetical senario and you will tell me what you would do if faced with that situation. Here goes just a few of the answers I got:
                    
  1. Your little son gulps down some cleaning supply product that he found under the sink.

• Carla: I dont know. I guess I would rush him to the hospital and then make a scene since in all the hospitals in Brazil everything takes so long.
• Maria Claudia: I wouldnt go straight to the hospital. I would first make my son drink water and then take him to the hospital.
• Renato: Noooo! I would give him warm water to drink as that would make him throw up and then I wouldnt have to go through the trouble of taking him to the doctor.
• Me: Thank Goodness that never happened with any of your kids because I dont think they'd make it alive!!! 

        * Laughter on everyones part*

    

    2. You are making french fries when all of a sudden hot oil splats all over your hand burning you.

• Vera: Very easy teacher...I'd run to the sink, turn on the tap and leave my hand under the water. 
• Me: That's the worst thing you could ever do. Major "No, No". You'll just end up burning yourself even worse.
• All students chorus: REALLY??? I never knew that!!!

     3. You are walking down the street when you find yourself face to face with your neighbours "less than friendly" dog and you notice his sharp teeth as he growls at you:

• Renato: I would do nothing. Maybe pee my pants!!! (yes, you had to be gay! hahahaha) 
• Carla: The same as Renato!!!
• Maria Claudia: RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Vera: Kick the dog???

      *hysterical laughing on my part* and then a long "what not to do when faced by an angry dog" class...

     4. You are up on a ladder  changing your light bulb when you all of a sudden you slip and fall on the floor real badly and you can't move a limb.

• Vera: (Said very matter of factly:) I would sleep on the floor!!!
• Maria Claudia: I would "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" ... (she forgot how to say "scream" in English)
• Renato: I wouldnt move. (well yes, considering that wasn't ever even an option...)
• Carla: Oh my! This is a horrible subject we are talking about...

Believe me, these are just a few examples... and it's not only these students that came up with the most remarkable (ahem!) answers, pretty much all my students can come up with answers of what NOT to do...but hey, it's not a "First Aid Class" but yes an English class and as long as it gets them talking - which gratefully, it more than does the trick - then I'm just fine by it and am content to humor myself along the class.

Disclaimer: ALL NAMES ARE FICTITIOUS - dates, places and events are FACTS!!!