My English Professor

OK, so I don't know how I haven't mentioned this before but I absolutely love my English teacher. By now, I've learned a tad bit about mastering a language and all of the effort it requires. I get by, and it makes me feel rather like a genius. However, the level of my English teacher's fluency stuns me. She's perfect. Her accent. Her vast vocabulary (which is decidedly more English than American). Her JOKES! It's an incredible achievement, what she has done. I sit down in class and just prepare myself to be impressed. Can I please emphasize that NOT ALL TEACHERS ARE LIKE THIS. We study the history of Great Britian, elements of English literature, and the sorts of things that you don't normally get in an American classroom (which makes it quite interesting for me). So, all in all, my class is very fortunate.

But what I wanted to bring up was some funny stuff she said today, just for your enjoyment.
In the first half of class her sweater got caught on her jacket zipper or something so she paused in her lecture to unhook it and said to the class "I'm sorry but I was destroying my pullover and I preferred to devote it some attention". Doesn't that phrase just delight you? Also, she has a thing about Richard Gere. In fact, the first class she showed me her picture of him and said "This is my boyfriend." Today we were discussing the sonnet and how often the poet writes of unattainable love. She said the element of a paradox is often present, because while the poet longs for love he doesn't really ever want to get it. He just wants to wallow and be miserable and idealize the woman as being perfect. But if he actually got what he wanted, he'd realize it isn't as fantastic as he imagined. Then she asked the class "Have you noticed the effects of distance to the strength of love? Sometimes when you miss someone or are away from someone that your feelings toward them are fortified. You know, that's how it is with me and Richard. (*laughs all around*) Because you know, we don't see each other very often. Our visits are quite rare. So this feeling is like how he feels for me."

She's just too funny.

Gotta go!
Grace

Poasco

Did I mention I went to Lecco?