Stella
My second lesson It was very cold outside this morning. I got dressed and ready for today's lesson. I put my heater by me to keep myself warm and waited for my teacher's call. We were going to discuss some questions that my teacher sent me last lesson. I had my own ideas and answers about them because I went through them before the lesson. The questions were about communication. At the beginning, he asked me to read every single question from top to bottom and I did. After that, we started to have a discussion. One of the questions that I still remember is about if you overhear people having a row in public (it's pronounced 'raw' in here), you should intervene(it means 'interfere') and my answer was I never interfere in something that is not my own business. This is because even though I try to help them with good intentions, they might be upset because during the argument, they feel more emotional, so they're getting angry easily. Also, they might say, this is non of your business, just go away. For example, in my case, I sometimes have a small argument or fight with my husband on the street during a date but in this situation, if somebody passing by tells us 'stop doing that, this is not good', then, I want to say that ''just keep walking, we can handle this, we don't need your advise.' This sounds mean but in this kind of situation, I want people to ignore us or just stay out of our problem because I feel a little bit ashamed and this is too personal. I don't want to let some strangers know about our couple things and I am sure others also think like me. My teacher backed me up and said that it was wise. However, of course I will help if it looks very serious or it seems like they might hurt each other. I'm going to call a cop or ambulance if I need. Another question that I didn't answer clearly was about 'elderly people have reason to grumble about the youth of today'. To be honest, I don't agree with it but I still don't have sensible reasons for my opinion. Perhaps, older generation worked harder and lived in the difficult environment. For instance, in my country, Korea, my grandparents and parents generations went through the Korean war which destroyed everything for their life. They were very poor and so many people starved. They probably had to do anything they could to protect their family and get by. So, they may think younger generation has nothing difficult to live these days and young people are not hard working enough. They might be true.
May 25, 2015 1:52 AM
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My second lesson

It was very cold outside this morning. I got dressed and ready for today's lesson. I put my heater by me to keep myself warm and waited for my teacher's call.

We were going to discuss some questions that my teacher sent me last lesson. I had my own ideas and answers about them because I went through them before the lesson. The questions were about communication.

At the beginning, he asked me to read every single question from top to bottom and I did. After that, we started to have a discussion. One of the questions that I still remember is about if you overhear people having a row in public (it's pronounced 'raw' in here), should you intervene(it means 'interfere') and my answer was I never interfere in something that is not my own business. This is because even though I try to help them with good intentions, they might be upset because during the argument, they feel more emotional, so they get angry easily. Also, they might say, this is none of your business, just go away.

For example, in my case, I sometimes have a small argument or fight with my husband on the street during a date but in this situation, if somebody passing by tells us 'stop doing that, this is not good', then, I want to say that ''just keep walking, we can handle this, we don't need your advice.' This sounds mean but in this kind of situation, I want people to ignore us or just stay out of our problem because I feel a little bit ashamed and this is too personal. I don't want to let some strangers know about our couple things and I am sure others also think like me.

 

This was great! And I agree with you!

My teacher backed me up and said that it was wise. However, of course I will help if it looks very serious or it seems like they might hurt each other. I'm going to call a cop or ambulance if I need.

Another question that I didn't answer clearly was about 'elderly people have reason to grumble about the youth of today'. To be honest, I don't agree with it but I still don't have sensible reasons for my opinion.

Perhaps, older generation worked harder and lived in the difficult environment. For instance, in my country, Korea, my grandparents and parents generations went through the Korean war which destroyed everything for their life. They were very poor and so many people starved. They probably had to do anything they could to protect their family and get by. So, they may think younger generation has nothing difficult to live these days and young people are not hard working enough. They might be true.

May 25, 2015
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It was very cold outside this morning. I got all dressed and ready for today's lesson. I put my heater by me to keep myself warm and waited for my teacher's call. 


We were going to discuss some questions that my teacher had sent me last lesson. I had my own ideas and answers about them because I went through them before the lesson. The questions were about communication.

At the beginning, he asked me to read every single question from top to bottom and I did. After that, we started to have a discussion. One of the questions that I still remember is about if you overhear people having a row in public (it's pronounced 'raw' in here), you should intervene (it means 'interfere') and my answer was I never interfere in something that is not my own business. This is because even though if I try to help them with good intentions, they might be upset because during the argument while arguing, they feel more emotional, so they're they can getting angrier easily. Also, they might say, this is none of your business, just go away.

For example, in my case, I'll sometimes have a small argument or fight with my husband on the street during a date. But in this situation, if somebody passing by tells us, "Stop doing that, this is it's not good," then, I just want to say, that ''Just keep walking, we can handle this, we don't need your advice." This sounds mean, but in this kind of situation, I just want people to ignore us or just stay out of our problem because I feel a little bit ashamed, and this is it's too personal. I don't want to let some strangers know about our couple relationship things, and I am sure others also think like me would agree.

My teacher backed me up and said that it was wise. However, of course I will help if it looks very serious, or it seems like they might hurt each other. I'm going to I'll call a cop or ambulance if I need to.

Another question that I didn't answer clearly was, about "elderly people have a reason to grumble about the youth of today." To be honest, I don't agree with it that but I still don't have sensible reasons for my opinion.

Perhaps, older generations worked harder and lived in the a more difficult environment. For instance, in my country, Korea, my grandparents' and parents' generations went through the Korean war, which destroyed everything for in their life. They were very poor and so many people starved. They probably had to do anything they could to protect their family and get by. So, they may think the younger generation has nothing difficult to live deal with these days and young people are not hard working enough. They might be true.

 

 

(Editor's Notes:

Your English is AMAZING! Most of my corrections are just what I would personally add to make it sound more fluent and native. Those are corrected with the colour blue.)

May 25, 2015

My second lesson

It was very cold outside this morning. I got dressed and ready for today's lesson. I put my heater by me to keep myself warm waiting for my teacher's call.

We were going to discuss some questions that my teacher sent me last lesson. I had my own ideas and answers about them because I went through them before the lesson. The questions were about communication.

At the beginning, he asked me to read every single question from top to bottom and I did. After that, we started to have a discussion. One of the questions that I still remember is about if you overhear people having a row in public (it's pronounced 'raw' in here), you should intervene(it means 'interfere') and my answer was I never interfere in something that is not my own business. This is because even though I try to help them with good intentions, they might be upset because during the argument, they feel more emotional, so they're getting angry easily. Also, they might say, this is non of your business, just go away.

For example, in my case, I sometimes have a small argument or fight with my husband on the street during a date but in this situation, if somebody passing by tells us 'stop doing that, this is not good', then, I want to say that ''just keep walking, we can handle this, we don't need your advise.' This sounds mean but in this kind of situation, I want people to ignore us or just stay out of our problem because I feel a little bit ashamed and this is too personal. I don't want to let some strangers know about our couple things and I am sure others also think like me.

My teacher backed me up and said that it was wise. However, of course I will help if it looks very serious or it seems like they might hurt each other. I'm going to call a cop or ambulance if I need.

Another question that I didn't answer clearly was about 'elderly people have reason to grumble about the youth of today'. To be honest, I don't agree with it but I still don't have sensible reasons for my opinion.

Perhaps, older generation worked harder and lived in the difficult environment. For instance, in my country, Korea, my grandparents and parents generations went through the Korean war which destroyed everything for their life. They were very poor and so many people starved. They probably had to do anything they could to protect their family and get by. So, they may think younger generation has nothing difficult to live these days and young people are not hard working enough. They might be true.

May 25, 2015
But severe competition is here. In a small job market, we have to compete with others and employers want higher qualification and education. The rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer. It's not that easy to live in a rapid changing society.
May 25, 2015
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