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so today was an interesting day at school. i've been a wreck as far as anyone can see -- i had a broken toe (that was in a cast, for god's sake) for four weeks. my students were so excited and pleased to see that i was better this monday, since i took it off last weekend. and then on tuesday i lost my voice and was sick, and i've been sick the rest of the week. yesterday, my eye started doing crazy shit and i knew better than to wear contacts today so i wore the glasses i bought last spring from a street vendor in ximending (the trendy youth district of taipei).
today, my students were all like "teacher!!! you wear glasses!!" or "ms. g! your glasses! good!!" (giving me a thumbs up sign)
their english skills are actually generally much higher than the last compliment would let you know, they're just really lazy when it comes to constructing sentences...but anyhow.
i was almost sort of embarrassed to wear such youthful trendy glasses among youth wearing trendy glasses. but it was so well-received that i think i scored some coolness points.
they also liked the idea that crossing your fingers can bring you good luck (for some reason "i'll keep my fingers crossed" was a vocab expression, and they all thought it was ridiculous until i explained and showed them how to do it.
for your viewing pleasure, here's me with my rad plastic glasses and my rad asian peace sign.
today, my students were all like "teacher!!! you wear glasses!!" or "ms. g! your glasses! good!!" (giving me a thumbs up sign)
their english skills are actually generally much higher than the last compliment would let you know, they're just really lazy when it comes to constructing sentences...but anyhow.
i was almost sort of embarrassed to wear such youthful trendy glasses among youth wearing trendy glasses. but it was so well-received that i think i scored some coolness points.
they also liked the idea that crossing your fingers can bring you good luck (for some reason "i'll keep my fingers crossed" was a vocab expression, and they all thought it was ridiculous until i explained and showed them how to do it.
for your viewing pleasure, here's me with my rad plastic glasses and my rad asian peace sign.