Re: Back-to-School Do's and DON'Ts from America's Favorite Grandma!


"Grandmother Super-Holiness" <penicillin69@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1125452291.381727.226400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Jeff wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much.
>
> You could always send a small free-will love offering to show your
> gratitude, you know.
>
>> I am a new teacher this year. This is excellent. I will be
>> sure to attach a copy of this to each and every welcome letter that I
>> send
>> to my student's parents this year.
>
> What exactly are you teaching, Jeff? I hope it's not English. Unless
> you have only one student, you misplaced the apostrophe in your last
> sentence above.

Thanks for pointing out my mistake.

> Aren't you ashamed?

Not in the least. Afterall, I am human, just like my students.

> God doesn't approve of sloppy
> punctuation, you know. My sermons are copyright-protected, by the way,
> so it's best if you quote only selected portions of them to your
> students' parents. You never know how they might react until you get
> to know them. One of my daughters is a nurse in a public school. A
> child came to her with a nosebleed last year completely her unable to
> speak complete sentences in English. Everyone in our family speaks in
> tongues, so my Tisha was able to learn that the girl spoke a language
> called Punjabi. Tisha was able to get a Bible in that pagan language
> for this student and to teach her about the wonders of faith healing
> and snakehandling. Now the girl is a True Christian living in a family
> of Godless heathens. Praise the Lord! Gestures of that sort don't go
> unnoticed by Our Father in Heaven.

I disagree. I am much more interested in my students being able to express
themselves than using 100% correct English. I will, of course, also work on
their English writing skills.

>> My principal will be so pleased!
>
> He must be a True Believer himself then. We're so rare these days.
> It's too bad that billions will burn come Judgment Day

> Jesus Loves EVEN You,
> Driftwood That You Are!

And He loves you, too, as hard as it is to believe.

> Grandmother Super-Holiness
> God's One True Church of Holy Assurance

God bless

Jeff


.

Relevant Pages

  • Learning English: (Was) Sex in Shanghai
    ... about students having physical relationships with the staff either;-) ... Now in China it is almost impossible to go anywhere ... trained teachers. ... And if this foreigner can speak English and have social habits ...
    (soc.culture.china)
  • Re: Sex in Shanghai
    ... about students having physical relationships with the staff either;-) ... Now in China it is almost impossible to go anywhere ... trained teachers. ... And if this foreigner can speak English and have social habits ...
    (soc.culture.china)
  • Re: NBC: Immigration Rallies Draw Thousands Nationwide
    ... isn't that child a citizen of the US by virtue of being born here? ... when you have a child who is in school because his parents are in the ... teach English Language Learners....and are also required to take a course ... School districts would pack in students for whom ...
    (rec.music.artists.springsteen)
  • Re: I hate circular definition....
    ... And we have an ESL councelor, and a, er... ... come in and not be able to read and not know English and take any dang ... Very soft language. ... Asian students. ...
    (rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons)
  • Re: Teaching and Learning English in Hong Kong
    ... >> all the time and asked the foreign teachers to use only English. ... >> should play more games so that the students would like me more. ... > I have never needed to use Chinese to give instructions. ...
    (sci.lang)