Hey guys help me correct this paragraph:
"Beautiful, this forest is. Tantalizing, the smell is. Jaw-dropping, the view is."
Oh wait, it's all correct. Sorry answer buffs and correction muscles. If you're new to English the above is correct because I'm using anastrophes. Anastrophes are when the order of a sentence is changed to promote emphasis on one word. They are found everywhere from English poetry to movies. Just know in your heart when you post a question or notebook entry and a swarm of self-righteous critics besiege your self-confidence, you're right and they're not.
I was browisng through the Professional Teachers listing and I came to the conclusion that italki did a very good job in picking out top of the line teachers for their students. The problem is, is it too much of a good job? When I was growing up in America, my parents always spoke to me in Chinese. What they thought was casual and informal Chinese made me quite the laughingstock when I met other Chinese nationals my age in college, earining me nicknames like "The Professor" and "Political Commisar". The point I'm trying to make is that the English the youths speak today is the formal business ettiqutte of tomorrow. My literature professor in college (who was quite the senior citizen) insulted and berated my love for Tolstoy calling his works "pop culture" and "hooligan's spawn" whereas my freshly graduated English teacher in high school shared my passion for works such as "What is to be Done?". Can foreigners armed with the English of yesterday really rival natives well-versed in the English of today in the professional world? That's just my two cents. Feel free to slander, belittle or scold my opinion in any way you wish.
Yes I know Tolstoy is Russian, doesn't change the fact that his philosiphical viewpoints cannot be enjoyed by other worldly citizens.
Hey I'm an English and Chinese teacher and I can speak both Chinese and English completely fluently. I received a perfect score on my SAT writing and a 780 in reading. I also had a perfect score in the Chinese Advanced Placement test and placed in the Superior category of the Chinese Defense Language Proficiency Test. Rates are negotiable.
