Sorry!
I’ve been living my life and have been preoccupied with other things online (mostly trying knock out a zombie lie started by Michael Berry).
Work has been overwhelming. I am definitely not complaining. It’s good to have so many students. I had some good news today — a student who was belligerent in my class and complained walked out of one of our new (but very experienced) teacher’s class, claiming to have written a research paper, without being taught, in a week’s time, and wouldn’t listen to her teacher. Sorry, but that the woman is from Venezuela, older and weirdly focused on one theme throughout her course in our school — I’m now glad it’s not me having to deal with her elitism.
Classes are going fine and I only have one problem student — who happens to be a problem for everyone. We will deal.
One of the quirky things about my job is that when I listen to international news, more often than not, I know someone from the country being reported on. Most times, I can ask them about how they feel about the events in their countries. One of my South Korean students stopped by today and we talked about just that. It made me think about just where in the world I know people.
I think I will start by continents.
Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Latvia
Eurasia: Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Middle East: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, U.A.E., Qatar, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria
Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Thailand, Burma, Nepal
Africa: Tunisia, Cote d’ivoire, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Somalia, Angola, Chad, Kenya, Tanzania
Americas: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia
If you are a regular person, you know you remember your teacher better than your classmates most times.
One day I will see one of my students on teevee, a leader of something. I know it will happen.
calle viena 