So I was ranting about how my students aren’t learning anything.
Is English just an exceptionally difficult language to learn, for native speakers of Japanese? I think that can pretty much be ruled out. Taiwan is also an island, whose language also has little in common with English, and the English I saw/heard in Taiwan (judging […]
A basketball chat, about a minimum age limit of 20 for joining the NBA, included this tidbit on the value of experiencing college:
[to an NBA player who went to college]
“You know what the college experience is. You just don’t recognize it. It’s being around people from all over the country and finding common ground with […]
A chart comparing the social status of your job, level of education, income and total wealth tells you roughly what class you fit into by percentile of the American population; bottom fifth, lower middle, middle, upper middle, top fifth.
I put in my info and came out more or less in the middle of the middle. […]
Yesterday in a moment of inspiration I called a fellow JET whom I don’t often see, and she had a friend over, so I joined them for a viewing of Stepford Wives and more.
(Skip the next couple paragraphs if you don’t want Stepford Wives: The Movie spoiled.)
My sci-fi devotee self wishes to point out that […]
An English teacher at my school is preparing for a sabbatical in Canada. He will be studying English and teaching (leaving me with a stranger for my Tuesday morning class) and here is an excerpt from his research proposal:
…another problem is that some of my students do not think they have to make much effort […]