I have been on an adventure teaching English in China for the last three years. Those of you that know China will understand why I am spaced. I used to be "normal" and have blonde hair. Now I am perpetually confused and my hair has turned gray. "What a long strange trip it's been!!!" lol
About 10 days ago I informed the monitors and assistant monitors from each class that you would need to make an appointment to come by my home in order for me to explain the final grades to you and to get your class report. To date NONE of you have done that. I would suggest that if you'd like your grade before you go home for the summer you find the time to get this task accomplished.
I will most likely be home all day for the next couple of days so you can just drop by at your convenience. If that is not acceptable to you then you can e-mail me at spacedteacher@hotmail.com to make an appointment.
Since many of you are going to become teachers I thought you might enjoy the following challenge I'm going to issue you. I want you to grade the student's response to the question posed below.
Hell Explained By A Chemistry Student
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared
it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now
have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle 's Law
(gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some
variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we
need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate
at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once
a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are
leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the
different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their
religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these
religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we
can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as
they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase
exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell
because Boyle 's Law states that in order for the temperature and
pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand
proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at
which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will
increase until all Hell breaks loose.
If Hell is
expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the
temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman
year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and
take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then
number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and
has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since
Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more
souls and is therefore, extinct ...... leaving only Heaven, thereby
proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night,
Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'
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Mr. Allen, long time no see you. It's very far from your room to your class. I' m anxious about you ride bike or taxi or on foot to your classroom every day. It's getting colder day by day. Ah, I can't find the Korean lesson corner in this site.
Thanks very much,it is impossible without you.I am full very thankful to you for all your help.You really taught me a lot.I like it .It's cool,and have a good time.Maybe this sunday my classmate and i will go to visit you .By the way it's really hard for me to open your site,and to leave you message.
hello Allon,on behalf of every student of you ,i wanna say, thank you for your excellent teaching and fantastic movies,i love them so much more than i can say.what a pity! it is the end of our term,because of you, we have a happy and meaningful time.thank you from the bottom of our heart.i hope you the best ofeyour life in your great future!
Hello, my dear teacher Allen!Thank you for teaching us ,I'm very happy to have your class.I like all the movies in the class. I often go to the group in Facebook.I like the group very much.Here and there, is both our classroom to study English, to communicate with our friends.Thank you for giving us the chance.
This is Emily from Harbin Normal University .I am fond of learning English .Yeah, i also this is spare me with a chance of get a good payment .When someday I work as a English Teacher as you ,I think it is very happy to give my students my happy experience . So today , I will give you a Email .thank you very much !
And have a good trip in China and Give my best regards to you family .
This is Emily from Harbin Normal University .I am fond of learning English .Yeah, i also this is spare me with a chance of get a good payment .When someday I work as a English Teacher as you ,I think it is very happy to give my students my happy experience . So today , I will give you a Email .thank you very much !
And have a good trip in China and Give my best regards to you family .
What I want to say first is that It is my great honor to be your movie-class student.I am your student from class 12,2005 my number is 2004051274.my name is ZHOULei.I like the films very much.
What I want to say first is that It is my great honor to be your movie-class student.I like the films very much.They not only widen my horizen but also teach me a lot of new words and expressions.And I can understand them better after you explain the words for us.Thank you very much.I am your student named BaiBingbing from class 3,2005.And my number is 2005020065. Thank you for your attention.
First,I want to say, we have the same name. You have this name for so many years. But for me ,only three years. So you are my teacher, not only you are older than me,the most important is you are my friend if you like.Maybe I am one of the most students in your class.You may not remember me! But I will remember you till I was old than .On that day,I will talk to my students:In the college,I have a good teacher,and he is my good firend.His name is Allen! Allen ,remember me ,we have the same name, I from class 4 ,my student NO.is
2005025094 grade 2005 HaHa,maybe I am special ,but I only want to say what I think! In a word: Thanks for your everying!
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hello，dear Allon，could you tell me what I should do with my facebook next step?this is my facebook
