This week will come crashing to a close today after my students complete their final exams at 5:00 pm. At first I must admit being a bit skeptical about teaching the intensive courses. We know that language skills are acquired. As a general rule students need time to accommodate new material. Yet, these students seem to thrive in this stressful situation. Motivation surely is an important factor. Many are immigrants who have a strong desire to get ahead. It is absolutely amazing how much learning can be packed into five weeks of study. My hats off to them!
On a completely different note, I copied a Flashdance DVD. It's an epitome of early 80's movie music. There's a line where a character and his wife are attending the skating try-outs of their daughter. The guy looked at his wife and said, "That was you 20 years ago."
If you remember, the performance turned out to be a bit of a disaster. Still the thing I found amazing is that twenty years ago
then meant 1963 but
today twenty years ago is well after the movie was produced.
Time is funny, if you know what I mean.
