The Erl King 1 by odingraphics
The Erl-King
by Johanne Wolfgang Von Goethe
WHO rides there so late through the night dark and drear?
The father it is, with his infant so dear;
He holdeth the boy tightly clasp’d in his arm,
He holdeth him safely, he keepeth him warm.
“My son, wherefore seek’st thou thy face thus to hide?”
“Look, father, the Erl-King is close by our side!
Dost see not the Erl-King, with crown and with train?”
“My son, ’tis the mist rising over the plain.” Continue reading
1731 ~ Korean Scroll of Special Examination at the Northern Peripheral Territories.
Currently housed in the National Museum of Korea at Jeju
My students are all Senior’s in college, and as such are prepping for their big college entrance examinations / English proficiency exams. Many of the come to me looking for help with their papers and writing practice, and I’ve been noticing a particular trend in their work.
They almost all have excellent understanding of noun, verb, adverb, adjective placement; however, two significant blocks for them are the Prepositions and the Articles (a, an, the). The students simply don’t understand how those words fit in with everything else.
So I pulled together a brief list of practice worksheets I found on the internet. Just in case someone else was interested, here they are!
On the random list of things to bring when you move to China, I’d probably put towels pretty high on that list. A lot of schools or housing places will provide you with one big towel, a hand towel, and a washcloth. And you can always find those at the local Waka (said Wanja – I know, I don’t get it either).
But it you are the standard American, addicted to the soft fluffiness of your large snuggly king-size towels, you need to bring your own. All of the Chinese towels are the thin, cheap version you would expect at a 3-Star hotel. Just generally un-productive. I’d leave the hand towels and wash cloths behind; just bring a generic white fluffy towel.
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Rather sad / depressing storyline, but the song is kind of beautiful. For all of my girlfriend’s who stay long after they should have walked away.
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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