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To Miss with love
Oct. 29th, 2014 02:17 amGah. I have bonus other forms of feeling-ill-ness now, including a v sore throat, so I just emailed my manager and told him I won’t be in tomorrow/later today. Teaching with a sore throat is the WORST THING and I’m not doing it.
On the upside, I have chocolate :) A really lovely IELTS student of mine came in to tell us her results. She needed a 7.5 overall, which is an advanced level of English -- academic IELTS is the exam you take to study at British or Australian universities. Most undergrad courses require somewhere between a 5.5 and a 7; a 9 is the top mark and requires being proficiency-level, ie speaking like a native. So 7.5 = tough.
AND SHE DID IT. She got a 7 for speaking and writing (she was nervous, she said) and an 8 for reading and an 8.5 for listening! I’m so thrilled for her, she worked so hard and totally deserved it.
And she was really, really lovely. She brought a box of Celebrations for everyone and a MASSIVE box of Thorntons just for me :D And she wrote us a feedback form which was glowing and I (and the two other teachers she had) specifically got namechecked as having inspired her to practice her English at every opportunity via our PASSION AND DEDICATION.
I love my job :D
On the upside, I have chocolate :) A really lovely IELTS student of mine came in to tell us her results. She needed a 7.5 overall, which is an advanced level of English -- academic IELTS is the exam you take to study at British or Australian universities. Most undergrad courses require somewhere between a 5.5 and a 7; a 9 is the top mark and requires being proficiency-level, ie speaking like a native. So 7.5 = tough.
AND SHE DID IT. She got a 7 for speaking and writing (she was nervous, she said) and an 8 for reading and an 8.5 for listening! I’m so thrilled for her, she worked so hard and totally deserved it.
And she was really, really lovely. She brought a box of Celebrations for everyone and a MASSIVE box of Thorntons just for me :D And she wrote us a feedback form which was glowing and I (and the two other teachers she had) specifically got namechecked as having inspired her to practice her English at every opportunity via our PASSION AND DEDICATION.
I love my job :D
