a teacher asked me if I would go back to work at that place. I said I won't work there anymore actually. she said it's good, because last time when she saw me I looked really tired and sleepy. I didn't even open my eyes properly. she even doubted that if I was going through depression or something like that. indeed, when I was stressed and threatened last year, I met a musician who played piano for different churches who said that she will pray for me. I said maybe they just had sympathy for me, but really encouraged me and helped me survive in darkness. she said, no, not only they had sympathy for you, but God guided you into that situation. then she gave me the example of Balaam and His Donkey. then I realized losing that job was a blessing in disguise. 12 Years a Slave; enough was enough. working is good, but trying to do something that is too difficult or too much is not necessary.

Is the word “abnormal” being used appropriately in the following sentences? Should we take a closer look at the different shades of meaning a word carries before adopting it in our writing? Literary: “She displayed abnormal talents for music, astonishing everyone around her.” — Adapted from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Journalistic: “The prodigy's abnormal talents in mathematics drew international attention.” — BBC News, 2022

Hello! Then basically italki changed the design of students and besides not being intuitive it is confused in my opinion. Before was super simple to navigate and now looks like a circus. Design is only normal if we use the app. The only design that remains normal is that of teachers, but the student's page has become terrible. What is your opinion?

Hi! I've recently come across the phrase "for all (someone) cares" and GPT told me it's a fixed English idiom. Is that right? I know it's not meant literally. I've often heard it in TV shows and movies, but I never thought about it grammatically. I find its capability of producing an ironic meaning is interesting! For example: He can quit tomorrow, for all I care. → I really don't care if he quits tomorrow.

How do you say this another way? I did my money's worth.

Choose the correct answer.

Is this a viable approach for adopting word choice effectively in writing?

We always say that a warm family can be a harbour for every child to get a rest when they feels tired. Meanwhile, some children can't wait to leave their home after they grow up, because they have suffered from the stress and indifference from parents for 18 years. W ealso say that we don't want others to get wet in a rain, because we has once got wet in rains. So, as a parent, your choice of where you lead your family to go deeply affects your children's metal health and future. Will you be strict like a principal at home or kind like a good friend to your children? Will you help your children to overcome the hardships in their life together? Someone might say that they are working hard to make enough money for their children, why their children became problem children? The answer is that the thing they really want their parents to do is to spend enough time with them, not to give them enough money!

Hi Everyone / Hola Todos! Has anyone else experienced problems with the recent updates that iTalki has made to their app/website? It's been absolutely awful the past several weeks. I've been a loyal iTalki user for years now, but I've gotten so frustrated recently that I'm seriously considering switching to another platform, and was wondering what others have been experiencing.