Jennifer Saunders Fan Club

gerardM a écrit:...
I got several native teachers and they were wonderful experiences and improvements, especially with Norma who gave me individual lessons in American for years; she headed her own language company and was the official subcontractor of big French companies such as IMERYS, VINCI, etc. even with intensive 2-week-teaching.

What I forgot to say about Norma is that her company teaches staffs of corporations only (except for me).
Norma was born in Boston, US from an Italian father... she meets oodles of difficulties to learn Italian; after decades in Paris, her French is still not perfect. I write this to explain that she knows what learning a foreign language is.

Teaching corporate staffs means that Norma has to evaluate her students, advise and sign contracts regarding the progress she aims for each student on the semester to come.
Norma is not a common teacher in an ordinary school but her outcomes are continuously evaluated by her clients; for each lesson, she plays with her reputation and the future of her company.

Norma is a friend of mine: I got successful results at my exams and several gifts from her.

I didn't open the pages but Google provides links with "Horizontal learning".

A little old lady was walking down the street dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind her. One of the bags was ripped and every once in a while a $20 fell out onto the sidewalk.
The policeman noticed this and stopped her, and said, "Madam, there are $20 bills falling out of that bag."
"Oh, really? Darn it!" said the little old lady. "I'd better go back and see if I can find them. Thanks for telling me officer."
"Well, now, not so fast," said the cop. Where did you get all that money? You didn't steal it, did you?"
"Oh, no, no", said the old lady. "You see, my back yard is right next to a Golf course. A lot of Golfers come and pee through a knot hole in my fence, right into my flower garden. It used to really tick me off. Kills the flowers, you know. Then I thought, "Why not make the best of it? So, now, I stand behind the fence by the knot hole, real quiet, with my hedge clippers. Every time some guy sticks his thing through my fence, I surprise him, grab hold of it and say, "OK, buddy! Give me $20, or off it comes."
"Well, that seems only fair," said the cop, laughing. "OK. Good luck! Oh, by the way, what's in the other bag?"
"Not everybody pays."

She could have asked for more !!

Guilaine a écrit:She could have asked for more !!

It's a serious economic problem: you have to keep a balance otherwise you fill the second bag (some people have a useless/unused thingy) LOL

MurielB a écrit: congratulations to those who understand the most difficult language of all  : female language

Hi Muriel,
Speak oodles of languages such as English, German, Spanish... is a good point.
Understand bit of Female language is essential, a question of life or death.

Cowboys are used to rodeos, they can't be frightened by 5 blondies.

A funeral service is being held for a woman who has just passed away. At the end of the service the pall bearers are carrying the casket out when they accidentally bump into a wall, jarring the casket.
They hear a faint moan. They open the casket to find that the woman is actually alive. She lives for ten more years and then dies.
A ceremony is again held at the same church and at the end of the ceremony the pall bearers are again carrying out the casket.
As they are walking the husband yells out:
"WATCH OUT FOR THE WALL!"