Last night I taught the funniest exercise to my Language Education Center class. It focused on the grammar used for describing the function of things, but also involved an alien invasion and students lying through their teeth to one another, as well as the chance to leave the classroom in pairs… all of which are good for livening up a class. But I think it’s really of little interest to those who don’t teach ESL so I’m putting the bulk of this post into an extended entry. If you’re really interested, there’s a link just below this sentence that’ll allow …
Month: May 2004
A Song About Peace
I realize I’m ranting about it yet again when I hear Lime’s voice over the phone, quietly, saying, “Okay, but Gord, now it’s too much. You sound crazy!”
Shameless Self-Promotion
Yes, I am plugging myself here for a guest post I made on a friend’s blog, which is called Dare You To Write. The post is called The Real Work and it’s about that endless question of what to do with your life when you realize you want your life to have a point, and when you start working through the question of what you need to be doing. Ah, forget the explanation. Just go read it.
Wonderful Moments Abound Sometimes
Wonderful moments abound on some weekends:
NYRB
Here’s an article on the reemergence of The New York Review of Books as a political force in American letters. It’s quite fascinating, from my point of view, and I shall have to pay closer attention to the magazine from now on. This and other links of late have come to me via the Arts & Letters Daily, which I state again is quite worth checking out… daily.