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Published On: Mar 07, 2006 03:02 PM
Total entries in this category: 51
Published On: Mar 07, 2006 03:02 PM
Yin and Yang
I have just started studying Chinese at our school,
in an immersion class taught by Teacher Zhang and Teacher Yang.
There are only four students in the class, me and
three exchange students from Vietnam. Although both teachers speak English, I am
the only student who understands it, so the classes are taught almost
exclusively in Chinese.
So far (one class from each) Teacher Zhang is unflaggingly cheerful, even in the face of our unforgivable incompetence. On the first day, we were supposed to repeat simple expressions, and we failed miserably. But with each mistake, Teacher Zhang said reassuringly - "Mei guan xi" - Don't worry about it.
Teacher Yang's lesson, on the other hand, was filled with "Bu dui le!" - Wrong! which she unleashed every time our thick tongues mangled a tone. She nailed the boy next to me so ruthlessly that I thought he was going to break down in tears.
Their names are Teacher Zhang and Teacher Yang, but their teaching styles are so different I have come to think of them as Teacher Yin and Teacher Yang.
So far (one class from each) Teacher Zhang is unflaggingly cheerful, even in the face of our unforgivable incompetence. On the first day, we were supposed to repeat simple expressions, and we failed miserably. But with each mistake, Teacher Zhang said reassuringly - "Mei guan xi" - Don't worry about it.
Teacher Yang's lesson, on the other hand, was filled with "Bu dui le!" - Wrong! which she unleashed every time our thick tongues mangled a tone. She nailed the boy next to me so ruthlessly that I thought he was going to break down in tears.
Their names are Teacher Zhang and Teacher Yang, but their teaching styles are so different I have come to think of them as Teacher Yin and Teacher Yang.
Posted: Wed - September 24, 2003 at 05:07 AM