It's 11.07pm. I just finished playing two games of dota with my surprisingly very willing housies and had fun ks-ing them as usual! And my german homework is untouched. Damn, this reminds me to never give this blog's address away to my lecturer.
But that is why Nicole is my favourite teacher. Of all time. Here's a brief preview of her: she's a native german from Hamburg, is a master of umpteen languages, has probably traveled to the darkest ends of the earth to teach, and is the sweetest person you will ever find. Prove it, you say?
Well, her most famous line is "Hausaufgaben sind egal", meaning "homework doesn't matter". Now isn't that just freakin awesome? Whether you do your homework or not, the class goes on as usual. Even if you skip a month's worth of homework which 'you must complete or I'll get really mad!", the worst you'll receive is a minute or two of anger flare which evaporates faster than methanol.
Some might think her ignorant or lazy, but i beg to differ. Her view on this is something like - i can't remember her exact words - 'you are who you are. everybody has their own personality. why force them to change?' I really like her way of thinking, though i don't agree with it at times (How can a person still converse in a singsong voice after a student so obviously lied about his homework?!). Perhaps teaching students of various attitudes and backgrounds and working on a PhD in psychology have toughened her up and led her to that conclusion.
I see 11.30. 20 minutes well spent. After all, anything's better than homework!
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