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Originally Posted by Casiopea  Creativity, agreed.  Reminds me of a Japanese colleague--very creative--who refused to speak in Japanese or English to me. The second she found out that I was from Canada, she started practising her French on me. It wasn't that I didn't want to speak French--more like, she was my co-teacher, the class was English, and the students were in grade 3.  In some situations, one language is the more preferred. |
Funny you should say that.
This morning, really early, a hear knocking at the door.
Still drowsy I manage to walk all the way to the door (not awake enough yet to fully realize I had been woken up on my holiday).
I open the door and there's a Chinese girl there.
"I'm crazy about English! I want to come to your classes! I've been waiting outside your apartment for two days."
I was speechless. I don't think I've ever met anyone so motivated to learn a foreign language. She had been sitting in the parking lot for hours to find me and had asked the whole campus where I lived.
Amazing stuff.