A Breath of Fresh Air
Amazingly, the forecast was accurate. Amazing weather we had at the end of last week. (see that English? Yes, I am a teacher.) A few of us decided to take advantage of the sun, summer-like temps (45 F!!) and the beer-anywhere policy, and headed to this park with a nice view of the city.
The few remaining patches of ice came in handy too...
But, of course, that lasted only so long...
Many people have contacted me about the "play with myself" story, and I've since been hoping for a story to top that. Sorry to say, I don't have one, and I think that's gonna be pretty hard to beat, in the long run. The best question I've had since then was the explanation of "to make out" (the student had mixed it up with "to make up").
But, on the bright side, a brand-new pet peeve has arrived. When reading an article on Abraham Lincoln this week (being in Prague is all the more reason to call attention to Presidents' Day, and spread the good Americanism I can), a student started reading things that weren't on the page. The word "ended" was read as "elected." I know English is tough to learn to pronounce (think about "wind" - did you say to yourself "wind" as what you do to a clock or "wind" as in the thing that blows outside? or "wound" and "wound"?), but surely we can all agree on the fact that "ended" does not have an l, c, or t. When encouraged to take his time, and really sound out each syllable, "seceded" became "severed", "regarded" turned into "regalled." Ummm... that's better?
But really, no complaints on this end. There's nothing like a couple days of sunshine to brighten the spirit.
Fakt, jo?! (roughly translated to "Really, yea?!", but sounding a whole lot more profane to the native English-speaker)
The few remaining patches of ice came in handy too...
But, of course, that lasted only so long...
Many people have contacted me about the "play with myself" story, and I've since been hoping for a story to top that. Sorry to say, I don't have one, and I think that's gonna be pretty hard to beat, in the long run. The best question I've had since then was the explanation of "to make out" (the student had mixed it up with "to make up").
But, on the bright side, a brand-new pet peeve has arrived. When reading an article on Abraham Lincoln this week (being in Prague is all the more reason to call attention to Presidents' Day, and spread the good Americanism I can), a student started reading things that weren't on the page. The word "ended" was read as "elected." I know English is tough to learn to pronounce (think about "wind" - did you say to yourself "wind" as what you do to a clock or "wind" as in the thing that blows outside? or "wound" and "wound"?), but surely we can all agree on the fact that "ended" does not have an l, c, or t. When encouraged to take his time, and really sound out each syllable, "seceded" became "severed", "regarded" turned into "regalled." Ummm... that's better?
But really, no complaints on this end. There's nothing like a couple days of sunshine to brighten the spirit.
Fakt, jo?! (roughly translated to "Really, yea?!", but sounding a whole lot more profane to the native English-speaker)
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