December 2010
15 posts
English Irregular Verbs - UsingEnglish.com →
I never realized how hard English must be to learn as a second language until I saw how many irregular verbs we have.
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the nature of love.
I love the idea of love, but I sometimes lose faith and wonder if it really exists (anymore). The kind of love that my great grandparents shared. I think the focus of love has become so blurry and obscured that people believe that love is dispensable. Now I don’t believe that you should hold on to a lost love, and face it love does become lost sometimes and heartaches will inevitably occur....
There is a large body of growing scientific evidence that meditation is good for what ails us. Meditation has been shown to boost the immune system, focus the mind, improve mood and decrease negative thinking, increase creativity, reduce stress and reactivity, improve sleep, control pain, and help control the progression of heart disease. The ancient art of practicing stillness is what balances...
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— Update.
I am still teaching Heejun five days a week, and thankfully this week was a lot better than last. He started school at a St. Martens Lutheran. It is more for the social aspect, and I think he really enjoys it. I pick him up and we get a snack, then we go back to “Uncles” house to do our lesson. The lessons have been going well, and I love seeing when the light bulb...
“If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Oh sure, it seems...”
– Chuck Klosterman
Day 1.
I started my internship today teaching a 13-year-old Korean boy English. He knows very little English (kindergarten level), and it is very difficult to communicate with him. But that is not what was the most challenging aspect of my first day. Gah. I arrive at the house and a Korean woman named, Mona is waiting for me. She served as a translator for the first week and left today to go back to...