Comments on: To My Dear Readers 至我亲爱的读者 http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/ Weblog featuring thoughts and experiences from a Shanghai voluntary English teacher on the magic soil of Yunnan Province Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: yunnan http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-12 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:54:26 +0000 http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-12 i am a middle school teacher, always. i am a middle school teacher, always.

]]> by: yunnan http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-10 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:25:35 +0000 http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-10 the penny finally dropped.i can't thank u enough the penny finally dropped.i can’t thank u enough

]]> by: jane http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-9 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:25:06 +0000 http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-9 hi sam how are you ? i am really ashamed ,i almost read your blog every day , but seldom give comments to u . because my english level is too low. even i can't understand your some words.only depand on dictionary. ah. i nearly forgot all learned in university. hope u a wonderful day hi sam
how are you ?
i am really ashamed ,i almost read your blog every day , but seldom give comments to u . because my english level is too low. even i can’t understand your some words.only depand on dictionary. ah. i nearly forgot all learned in university.
hope u a wonderful day

]]> by: ah huang http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-8 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:04:58 +0000 http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-8 Your English is often correct, but frequently has a foreign construction and odd meanings when written. For instance, when you write, "I kid you not, life here is never boring, not as boring as your foreign life to say the least", you are telling people their lives in other countries are boring, presumably because life outside China is necessarily boring. To believe that is to be a racist, and I don't think you are one. The way the statement, "I am also a victim of the current morbid English education system" is constructed seems to imply that the education system in England is bad, where I think you mean English as it is taught in China, is that not correct? I would suggest staying away from idiomatic expressions and attempts at what is mistakenly thought to be the vernacular. Words and phrases such as, "evil tricks or mental masterbation" or "totally useless craps" (both of which, SIC) are out of place with the tone of your blog. They give the sense of a dis-balanced and exaggerated opinion, which you don't have. I respect and admire what you are doing in Yunnan. It is unexpected and comforting to know there are people such as you in China, when it often seems the goals of the opening up is to make as much money as possible and every man for himself. I was there in Yunnan (Lijiang) last February and agree with you about much of what you write. Thank you and please do not take my comments on your English as an insult; I am trying to help. Thanks Your English is often correct, but frequently has a foreign construction and odd meanings when written. For instance, when you write, “I kid you not, life here is never boring, not as boring as your foreign life to say the least”, you are telling people their lives in other countries are boring, presumably because life outside China is necessarily boring. To believe that is to be a racist, and I don’t think you are one.

The way the statement, “I am also a victim of the current morbid English education system” is constructed seems to imply that the education system in England is bad, where I think you mean English as it is taught in China, is that not correct?

I would suggest staying away from idiomatic expressions and attempts at what is mistakenly thought to be the vernacular. Words and phrases such as, “evil tricks or mental masterbation” or “totally useless craps” (both of which, SIC) are out of place with the tone of your blog. They give the sense of a dis-balanced and exaggerated opinion, which you don’t have.

I respect and admire what you are doing in Yunnan. It is unexpected and comforting to know there are people such as you in China, when it often seems the goals of the opening up is to make as much money as possible and every man for himself. I was there in Yunnan (Lijiang) last February and agree with you about much of what you write. Thank you and please do not take my comments on your English as an insult; I am trying to help. Thanks

]]> by: anna http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-7 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:40:37 +0000 http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-7 i really think sam should tell us more such as what he had done before his teaching task in yun nan. and what motivates him to come to teach kids while living in such a bad condition. i really think sam should tell us more such as what he had done before his teaching task in yun nan. and what motivates him to come to teach kids while living in such a bad condition.

]]> by: anna http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-6 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:00:18 +0000 http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-6 to say english is a tool is correct. but many people take this metaphor as an excuse for them to be lazy in the process of learning. yes, a very important tool, and a tool maybe as important as chinese for you as a tool. my english certainly is not as good as sam (the author of the blog). but as chinese, we should all thank him for the achievements he has made with the level of his english today. i truly think he has set himself as a role model for all students like us. and from now on, we should clearly know that we can also do that as long as we choose to never to give up. anna banana. yes the same anna banana to say english is a tool is correct. but many people take this metaphor as an excuse for them to be lazy in the process of learning. yes, a very important tool, and a tool maybe as important as chinese for you as a tool. my english certainly is not as good as sam (the author of the blog). but as chinese, we should all thank him for the achievements he has made with the level of his english today. i truly think he has set himself as a role model for all students like us. and from now on, we should clearly know that we can also do that as long as we choose to never to give up. anna banana. yes the same anna banana

]]> by: anna http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-5 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:58:56 +0000 http://yunnan.blogsome.com/2006/11/20/p25/#comment-5 to say english is a tool is correct. but many people take this metaphor as an excuse for them to be lazy in the process of learning. yes, a very important tool, and a tool maybe as important as chinese for you as a tool. my english certainly is not as good as sam (the author of the blog). but as chinese, we should all thank him for the achievements he has made with the level of his english today. i truly think he has set himself as a role model for all students like us. and from now on, we should clearly know that we can also do that as long as we choose to never to give up. anna banana. yes the same anna banana to say english is a tool is correct. but many people take this metaphor as an excuse for them to be lazy in the process of learning. yes, a very important tool, and a tool maybe as important as chinese for you as a tool. my english certainly is not as good as sam (the author of the blog). but as chinese, we should all thank him for the achievements he has made with the level of his english today. i truly think he has set himself as a role model for all students like us. and from now on, we should clearly know that we can also do that as long as we choose to never to give up. anna banana. yes the same anna banana

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