27th may, 2014
Dear F.4D
I am really happy you monkeys can get rid
of me. You are smart, no doubt about it, but you are also very noisy and
inattentive and I really don’t have the ability to teach you well. Now, I feel
happy you are in the good hands of a better teacher who is stricter and more
demanding than I am. I am happy for you. I don’t think you will miss me. I don’t
think I will miss you too. Good riddance!
One thing I feel good about having taught
your class is that you are quick in picking things up and your English is actually
quite good. We have worked miracles together beating St Paul Lam Tin (2 teams,
WOW!!!) and brought glory to the school. That is something I will never forget.
Under me, you have written a lot of
compositions. I really hope all this writing has benefitted you guys. You know,
the other classes have only written half as much as we did. And now, we are
writing again.
Hey, I enjoyed giving you your oral exam,
especially the first one. You people really can discuss and respond to each
other. I enjoyed reading your compositions. You people can really write. Too
bad someone has taught you wrong grammar, if not, your writing would have been
perfect.
After I am gone, I want you to keep reading
and writing on your own. I don’t believe in the power of a teacher. My English
is learnt through reading and Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions is the
book that taught me how to write in simple English. You can read the pdf of
this book in summer. If you are interested in him, you can continue to read his
Cat’s Cradle.
If you attempt to do social issues in the writing
exam, I would advise you to learn a phrase a day from SCMP. The markers would
be very impressed to see candidates using phrases there. Reading the SCMP would
not only give you the English feel most Hong Kong students are lacking and the
necessary vocabulary to write your articles, it would also increase your
knowledge to understand the very difficult B2 articles in Paper One and all the
articles in your listening tasks.
A phrase a day? Yes, use it in your diary
or newspaper cutting exercise or whatever. Keep writing to make yourself fluent
and mistake free.
Your teacher,
Yours +
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