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I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
---- Albert Einstein
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
---- Edward Abbey
"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
---- Sam Levenson
The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
---- Mark Helprin, Memoir from Antproof Case, 1995
Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.
---- Kin Hubbard
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
---- Gail Godwin
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
---- Sheik Abd-al-Kadir
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.
---- Pablo Picasso
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
---- Fred Allen
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
---- George Orwell
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
---- Thomas A. Edison
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
---- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
---- Malcom Forbes
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
---- Edward R. Murrow
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
---- Robert Frost
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
---- Doug Larson
This may be the most interesting blog theme I've ever seen. http://eflgeek.com/index.php Definitely in my top 5 at least.
---- Steve Dembo
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
---- Thomas A. Edison
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
---- Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.”
---- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 -1832)
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
---- Evan Esar
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
---- Charlemagne
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
---- Galileo Galilei
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"
---- Kelvin Throop III
English Teacher: The Movie
English Teacher: The Movie - I’ve known about this movie for a few years since the star is a close friend. The blond guy in the trailer is probably my best friend in Korea. The ironic thing is, in the movie he’s drinking smoking and leading a life of debauchery but that is pretty much the opposite of his real life. Anyhow my friend has told me for years while waiting for the post production to finish that I shouldn’t watch it - still I want to see it. Below is a summary and a link to the trailer.
Patrick, a young American college grad, journeys to Seoul, South Korea to teach English. Jeff, a friend-of-a-friend, puts him up in his filthy, little apartment and finds him a job teaching Yoon Hee, a university student from a prosperous family. There is an easy chemistry between them, and they soon fall in love. Soon after, Patrick discovers Seoul’s night life. He is enticed by the seemingly endless possibilities and eventually loses control. Sex and drugs begin to consume him, and he is robbed of all his money. Yoon Hee becomes pregnant. Patrick suggests an abortion. She is horrified and breaks up with him. Her father finds out, charges Patrick with rape, and sends Yoon Hee to an obscure village. Patrick realizes that he has made a terrible mistake. He must win Yoon Hee back and flee the country with her before it’s too late. But first, he has to recover his money from Klaus to pay for their flight to America. Desperate situations require desperate actions. In a world without rules, Patrick must make his own.
You can check out some pics from the movie and a trailer here. hat tip to The Lost Nomad.





Cameron Smith wrote 43 words on Monday Dec 18, 2006 at 02:35 AM
Hi ............I watched the trailer ans it is pretty intense. It could be a real eye opener and mabe it shold be mandatory for all new ESL teachers to view, just my own personal thoughts from the little the trailer shows. Take care…Dad.
Mark wrote 17 words on Sunday Dec 31, 2006 at 06:38 PM
Is it really like that in Korea? I thought the trailer was just way over the top.
Sean. wrote 35 words on Sunday Dec 31, 2006 at 06:50 PM
Mark,
Not really like that. At least not among my friends and colleagues, including the blond star. Anyhow, just like anywhere, I’m sure that there are people who live like that and others who don’t.
Jeff wrote 6 words on Sunday Jan 21, 2007 at 04:31 PM
The trailer’s at http://www.theenglishteachermovie.com looks interesting.
Christian wrote 15 words on Sunday Jan 21, 2007 at 04:33 PM
It’s a movie, since when does a movie have to be anything like real life?
Christian wrote 12 words on Sunday Jan 21, 2007 at 04:36 PM
Trailer looks cool. How can I see it? Anyone seen it here?