Today my students brought food for class. One older gentleman and renowned plastic surgeon (he's written 10 books and given presentations in more than 50 countries) brought a selection of food and another girl brought small cakes and everything was placed on my desk. I reached to pass the food around and the plastic surgeon stopped me. He told me that the Teacher is the highest position in class and holds a title of great respect and so no student could select food or eat before the teacher eats.
Heehee. I tried my best to keep a straight face. I'm hardly teacher. I have had to learn more about the English language in the past two months that I've learned in 4 years of college. Honestly, what normal English speaker can explain the 12 English tenses without looking them up (such as the present continuous, present perfect and present conditional)?
It's still awesome to walk into a classroom and automatically have the attention and respect of 15 college students and business men who I can guarantee are probably a lot smarter than the teachers at my school. Solely because I was lucky enough to be born speaking a language that is now considered the global standard language, I am respected. This rocks!
I did question the importance of English in one of my classes. The students assured me that anytime they work abroad, which is the majority of the time because Korea is so small, they speak English. When they speak with Chinese suppliers, Italian customers and French subsidiaries, they always speak English. Kudos to America & England for forcing their wonderful language on the rest of the world.
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