It's 6pm on Friday and I just learned while IMing a friend that today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I am devastated because this would have made today's classes not just good, not great, but some unparalleled level of awesome. Sigh.
When I posted this woeful news in my Gchat status bar I realized I wasn't the only one who was taken by surprise by this unsung holiday:
Kim: Is it really talk like a pirate day?!
Paul: Yes!
Kim: Oh shit
Paul: I know!!
Maybe that I do so much stuff like this in class is the reason why I laughed so hard when I saw this. It's funny because it's true. I've thought about how a combination of being kind of outside the culture already while occupying a teaching position as flexible as conversation practice instructor has encouraged me to be really zany with the students. I've also thought about how maybe I'm just one of those weird teachers.
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I think your students are probably better off that you didn't know until it was too late...
Avast ye wench!
I can totally see you acting out that comic. What a fun class!
Say what? Anything wrong with celbrationg a week or a month after the fact - chances are no one else knew the date either.
Go for it man!
Hi,
OK, this might sound a bit weird.... I'm a communication PR student in Perth, Australia madly working on my final event management assignment. I was searching for winter wonderland themed images for my assignment when I bumped into your blog ( Ski Break..picture). Szia Szentes. Well, I was born in Szentes and lived in Mindszent and Szeged. My cousin lives in Szentes and the rest of my family in Mindszent. Ha, it is a small world after all...:):)
Legyen szep napod
Cheers
Gabi
Ummmm, how did this holiday take you by surprise? You and I celebrated it together freshman year of college.....
Hehe saw this NYT article and it made me think of this post: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/fashion/26pirates.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin arrsome!
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