Last night, I had a strange dream. It was a long dream, but I only remember part of it. (more…)
Archive for September, 2008
A Dream
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Ten Commandments for Bloggers
Monday, September 29th, 2008I was surprised to find “Ten Commandments for Bloggers” in the United Daily News today. Then I found the English version on the Internet.
http://coastalpastor.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/ten-commandments-for-bloggers/ (more…)
Happy Teacher’s Day
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
This is how Lungshan Junior High School celebrated Teacher’s Day. They took it seriously. Quite touching.
http://blog.roodo.com/anniechan/archives/7247485.html
To College Freshmen–from the book Harvard Style
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
On page 86 of the book Harvard Style, there are a list of Dos and Don’ts for college freshmen:
1. Don’t take part in too many extracurricular activities. (不要參加太多課外活動﹗）
Harvard Style 上哈佛真正學到的事
Saturday, September 27th, 2008Today I came across a book in the bookstore, 上哈佛真正學到的事 (Harvard Style). It was written by 姜仁仙 (Kang In-Sun), a Korean journalist and translated by 蕭素菁. On the cover are the words as follows: (more…)
The toxic milk scandal
Friday, September 26th, 2008Recently, the public has been panicking over the Chinese toxic milk scandal. I don’t understand why there were people who would put money before others’ life. If they had felt empathy for those consumers, they wouldn’t have produced the toxic milk. They need empathy training.
Warm up for Unit 3 “What It Takes to Be a Good Leader”
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
The title of Unit 3 seems very serious. So I had to try to arouse students’ interest in discussing this topic. The following is my lead-in activity:
To Etta
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Dear Etta,
Then since you’ve taken the TOEFL, do you have any advice for both English learners and teachers?
Tests
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
A student walked up to me during the break this afternoon. Appearing a little sad, she told me that she got only an 87 on this morning’s review quiz. Eighty-seven! It was quite good for many students!
Learning English is not a matter of months.
Monday, September 22nd, 2008A former student who graduated from NHSH about 7 years ago called me last night and we chatted over the phone for about 40 minutes.
He has been very good at math since I taught him English in his 2nd year of high school. He was studying math textbooks in English then. Later, he was admitted to National Chinghua University and then NTU graduate school. Now he is planning to go abroad for his PhD degree.