12th July 2023
Another lovely and much appreciated gift from a great young student.
Penny was in one of my weekend classes, and is now one of the leading students in the Summer School.
The seaweed snack was delicious !
Thank you, Penny
5th March 2023
What a fantastic week – two gifts from two gifted students.
First up, an incredible piece of art from Top Cat Ruby who is around ten years old. I shall certainly have this framed.
Next, a gift from a student I no longer teach but whose classroom is near to mine (so they can hear the music I play loudly). Teachers absolutely need throat pastels, and I’m always telling my students to avoid sugar so I was over the moon with this gift from Class Captain Mina.
Thank you Top Cat Ruby, thank you Captain Mina … and not forgetting my irreplaceable TA Ms Huong, and her present:
However, Ms Huong probably gave me these to shut me up ! Regardless, thank you all so much.
23rd February 2023
Some gifts from students last night. I do tell the younglings not to eat sugar and junk food BUT if it’s a gift, all bets are off !
Little Eva once gave me a two-bar KitKat, now I’ve been upgraded to the full four-finger bar. I had it after work. and it was delicious. Thank you Little Eva, and Tommy for the Dynamite sweet.
4th August 2020
Last night, after a three-hour IELTS class, another IELTS student was waiting to speak to me. It was one of my ‘Top Cats’, someone of whom I’m expecting great things.
The student, who I call Princess as she is so elegant, polite, refined and respectful, presented me with the following gifts:
September is a special month in Vietnam what with Independence Day (2nd), the anniversary of Ho Chi Minh’s death (also the 2nd, though some say 3rd) and the Mid-Autumn festival which this year falls on the 13th.
Thank you my Princess … see you next week 🙂
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