I will teach you to become a confident English speaker without schools and rules
On a beautiful late spring afternoon, twenty-five years ago, two young men graduated from the same university. They were very much alike, these two young men.
Both had been better than average students, both were kind and honest, and both -– as young college graduates are — were filled with ambitious dreams for the future.
Recently, these men returned to their college for their 25th reunion.
They were still very much alike.
In yesterday’s story, Big Boss Bob was having a bad day.
He read three emails from three employees and he was not happy.
What did the employees do wrong in their emails?
Bob is the big boss in an international company.
Monday morning is the worst part of his week.
Because that’s when he turns on his computer and sees…
“254 emails!”
“Wow. This water is warm.”
“Yeah. It’s like swimming in a bathtub.”
“Hey, how come we’ve never been here before?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t even know it existed…”
Karolina wrote:
“I know many words. I just don’t use them in conversation.”
I know.
That’s normal.
“Where’s the toilet paper?”
I had just returned from the grocery store.
All the bags were empty, the food was in the refrigerator, the dental floss was on the shelf, but no toilet paper…
“Where’s the toilet paper?”
I had just returned from the grocery store.
All the bags were empty, the food was in the refrigerator, the dental floss was on the shelf, but no toilet paper…
Student Stan: “What does ‘medley’ mean?”
Me: “It means a mixture, a combination, like when you hear an orchestra perform you hear a medley of sounds.”
Student Stan: “Oh.”
A few minutes later.
Should English be taught in school?
I don’t think it should.
Let me explain.
In 9th grade I took biology.
“Life is difficult.’
That’s the first line from the classic, The Road Less Travelled, by M. Scott Peck.
Do you agree?
I guess I agree.