Starting to Understand Form Letter Responses

I’m ripping my way through a pile of somewhat-unimportant assignments, and the killer is, I’m not sure which students expect feedback and which don’t… but I am pretty sure that not all of them do, and I’m also pretty sure that some of them very much do want some. However, the feedback and the grading [...]

Inter-Hakwon Warfare

The Hankyoreh has a story about accused teaching method-piracy:
An English teacher at a language institute in Seoul has been indicted on allegations that lectures she delivered to her students were stolen from a neighboring institute.
I think I have a defense. Look for the original text which the original institute’s examples were stolen from.
Teachers are [...]

Goodbye, Cavendish Banana?

Oh, no, not again.

Oooof.

Well, I finished grading my remaining 15 essays today, with the exception of one essay that was missing page two. Actually, page 2 from a different writing project was there in place of page two of the essay. I’ve emailed the student to please email me the missing page so I can grade the essay. [...]

Merry Thing-Thing

To all,
It’s the wee hours of Christmas Eve day, which is also Lime’s birthday. Lucky us, she managed to finagle a weekend off, so I’ll be busy for the next couple of days. Therefore, I’m wishing you all a happy thing-thing. Don’t eat too much things-things. I know I won’t.

Looks Like Arial

Stuff you maybe didn’t know about Helvetica and Arial.
Via Goth House Parlor.

Three Cheers For Lime!

Well, those of you who know, know that Lime’s been hoping to get into a certain branch of medicine for the rest of her residency. There’s good news: she got the call today, and, well, she probably wouldn’t want me to say anything too explicit, but… if SARS broke out in Korea, or bird flu, [...]

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