Tuesday, September 30, 2008

If only one knew the meaning of "Teacher"

Hi all,
I am back and pretty soon to be. So here's what I have for today. I am going to this English language school here in New york, which by the way is an amazing city, just to keep my visa status. This is one place in the city where administration people need to learn English more than students.....thanks to two hundred years of British colonization we are far batter than most other nations when we speak in English - except for the strong accent we carry. Anyhow I had this guy, Greg as my instructor who is like a year or two older than me and he is a great guy. But all of a sudden he gets a full time job in this university and he quits. Now we have two instructors to take his place one for the Friday class and the other for the weekend classes. she is an African - American and on her first day of class I thought of her as pretty cool. All is fine till here and then I get an opportunity to work in Illinois so naturally i am going to transfer out from this college at the end of the semester. I go to her and ask her if she can help me out with the attendance, she is pretty cool about that and asks me to take the test before I go out. I agreed readily. So finally when I go to write the test she calls me aside for a moment and then tell me this - " you know its a pretty risky thing that I am doing for you so you have to appreciate that and return the favour, I need you to help me out with money, anything you feel is reasonable." Good lord!! my teacher!! asking money from a student. then I thought to myself "Well, Welcome to America" -after three years. I haven't decided if I am going to pay her. But whatever I do I will let you know. If only one knew the meaning of a Teacher.

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