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Chinese is a really difficult and frustrating language to learn, but it always helps to laugh at yourself to get you through the process.

My confessions 我的自白:
Injuries
I have, in frustration, banged my head against my Chinese textbooks.
I’m pretty sure I’ve ruined my eyesight by staring at Chinese characters for too long.
I once got frost nip on my toes from studying for too long in my unheated Chinese apartment.
Tones
If you ask me for a “beizi” and there is a cup 杯子 bēizi and a blanket 被子 bèi… Continue

A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that, in Spanish,
unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'
'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'
So, a student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into
two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves
whether 'computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Each group was asked to give… Continue