tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post115788131011635849..comments2023-10-30T01:07:58.781-07:00Comments on Some Untidy Spot: What the Other Half ThinksPetrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1158560167280802782006-09-17T23:16:00.000-07:002006-09-17T23:16:00.000-07:00WTF?! Then why the hell is it called Rhode Island?...WTF?! Then why the hell is it called Rhode Island?B.G. Christensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604354633985676126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1158243665088541132006-09-14T07:21:00.000-07:002006-09-14T07:21:00.000-07:00today my fellow teachers showed me this same lesso...today my fellow teachers showed me this same lesson and asked me to judge how accurate it is. they didn't get much of an answer, but for the next two weeks I'm going to be explaining American culture in 40 minute segments, over and over again. Hope my teachers don't notice me changing my answers just to keep myself entertained.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671348122827644602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1158147507060484682006-09-13T04:38:00.000-07:002006-09-13T04:38:00.000-07:00"They need a lot of feedback while talking. You ha..."They need a lot of feedback while talking. You have to acknowledge/nod continuously. Otherwise they feel you are not interested in listening or are confused."<BR/><BR/>Reading this, I now understand my American self much better. I find myself practically begging my classes to acknowledge simple questions like "do you understand?" with some sort of nodding or shaking their heads. it usually ends me doing doing exaggerated head-nods to get couple laughs, but not much else. Laughs are what I'm here for, right?stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671348122827644602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1158118236513599792006-09-12T20:30:00.000-07:002006-09-12T20:30:00.000-07:00Reads like a personal ad.Reads like a personal ad.Melyngochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894183958877193588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1158101910068809492006-09-12T15:58:00.000-07:002006-09-12T15:58:00.000-07:00.Hey! It's me!.<BR/><BR/>Hey! It's me!Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1158032090418235702006-09-11T20:34:00.000-07:002006-09-11T20:34:00.000-07:00Alea: A puppy, huh? I felt like an otter. TB: You...Alea: A puppy, huh? I felt like an otter. <BR/><BR/>TB: You just <I>think</I> they drive poorly. You should see Indonesian roads. <BR/><BR/>Questions for dicussion: Why the quotation marks on "proud"? Are we really so insecure in terms of feedback? And I was going to ask whether everyone enjoys their free time, until I remembered an article I read in the Wall Street Journal about how some Korean companies have started giving their workers Saturday off, and how both workers and their wives are pissed off about it. Apparently, the workers don't like having to find hobbies, and the wives don't like having their husbands around that extra day.Petrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1157917990581247052006-09-10T12:53:00.000-07:002006-09-10T12:53:00.000-07:00Can you really say gays are "catty?" Hmmm.I just w...Can you really say gays are "catty?" Hmmm.<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to point out that <I>no one</I> drives well in Utah, so I'm glad that they put in the caveat.Tolkien Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816447362432499481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1157910804347828482006-09-10T10:53:00.000-07:002006-09-10T10:53:00.000-07:00Personally, I feel a bit like a puppy when called ...Personally, I feel a bit like a puppy when called a "fun-loving creature".<BR/><BR/>Also, it should actually state "nobody (apart from the socially conscious upper class, the teenaged population, or the catty gays) bothers which dress you wear."aleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07433827353031591799noreply@blogger.com