tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post2387950629777561715..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Ms. Stinky, sex talk, and a look back at the first weekKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-45300438282730646712008-01-16T08:25:00.000+09:002008-01-16T08:25:00.000+09:00[Doing Homer Simpson voice]"Mmmmmm.... explosive o...[Doing Homer Simpson voice]<BR/><BR/>"Mmmmmm.... explosive orgasms!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-16546302393471130012008-01-11T23:57:00.000+09:002008-01-11T23:57:00.000+09:00John,Good points.I might add, in the spirit of you...John,<BR/><BR/>Good points.<BR/><BR/>I might add, in the spirit of your praise for older students, that their life experience also allows them to make more intelligent and perceptive contributions to conversation class than most of these college students can make.<BR/><BR/>I say "they" and "their" as if I were still some young 20-something myself, but the truth is that I'm 38 and therefore familiar with the deceleration of the learning process: despite the progress I made in 2002, I doubt my Korean will improve all that much, even with great effort. I've waited too long.<BR/><BR/><BR/>KevinKevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-86830000881594352812008-01-11T23:01:00.000+09:002008-01-11T23:01:00.000+09:00I usually enjoyed having older folks in my classes...I usually enjoyed having older folks in my classes because they are typically much more motivated to learn, and they've usually been studying at a steady rate for a long time. They may be less flexible, but they usually made consistent (although slow) progress, and they were always the most appreciative of my efforts as a teacher.<BR/><BR/>While the college kids often don't care if the teacher half-assed it, the older folks see the teacher as a professional, and appreciate it when you take your job seriously.John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240910672792907048noreply@blogger.com