Connie Marie ~ NY ~

Only with mellow Are you thin enough to slide through. If the sun or the moon should give way to doubt, They would immediately go out. One swallow don't make a summer, But tomorrow has to start somewhere. ~~~ faithless ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~I teach english as a second language (ESL/EFL)to Europeans (primarily the French) and this is a link to one of my student's artwork. She travelled to Iceland and shot this footage and created these pieces in oil--- http://www.annepesce.tk/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Here's what I do...LOL!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ Here are friends of mine that live in heaven on earth - they enjoy sharing this gorgeous place with everyone: http://thewinonafarm.com/wildlife.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T his is a site to some great music by one of my terrific students (although they are all terrific!): http://perso.orange.fr/ceffanti/piano/ ~~~login~~~cyril~~~pw~~~cyril~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are some great creations from another student: http://www.aventures-electro-acoustiques.fr/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If I were French - I cast my vote for socialist candidate Ségolène Royal - I think the world needs alot less testosterone and more heart. http://segolene2007.com/ (Plus I wouldn't mind looking that great at 54!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I teach English as a Second Language and I'm a professional student of Anthropology, History, Indigenous Studies, and Comparative-Religious Studies. I live in Rome, New York - home of all the Jerry Springer participants aka the cultural vacuum of the world. I will leave as soon as the ex lets me off 'county arrest'....OR ends up in jail on his 3rd DWI (whichever comes first).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Here are some interesting things I hear from some of my students in Europe:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~1. americans eat their words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~2. I can't think of the word - it's right behind my eyes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3 . (referring to the US and France) - people in the north sound like they are cold - people in the south have the sun in their voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~4. I need to 'clean the dust' from my english ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 5. if I were the US president for one day - I would open the american people's eyes and make them see things more objectively ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 6. nothing will change in the US until the people there stop considering that they are the only country in the world ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 7. I had an american teacher before - she spoke much worse than you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 8. I told one student that I live in close proximity to my children and he said "you have become Italian" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 9. the weather is sad (and I sometimes hear - the weather is happy)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~10. the 'left' in the US is more 'right' than the 'right' in France ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~11. when someone speaks poor french they say, "you speak french like a spanish cow." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 12. when someone is acting crazy they say, "they've been bitten by a wild monkey." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~13. If Sarkozy wins in France then they say they will have a George Bush 2 years later - if Ségolène wins they they will have a Hillary Clinton 1 year earlier. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 14. promises only engage people who hear them ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~15. everything only has one end - except a sausage has two~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ 16. One student had trouble with his ear - but couldn't express that he couldn't hear in english - so he said, "I have trouble with the quality of the sound I receive in my ear."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ 17. I explained the NY colloquialism, "get out of here". After explaining what it meant a student responded, "so it doesn't mean that you have to leave the premises?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 18. Today I heard, "I don't know how to say 'police' in english." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 19. I listed off some Italian food I like to a young man in Treviso and he asked, "are you fat"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 20. from one of my German students: "Hans cannot learn what small Hans did not learn." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 21. When communist Germany existed - the US would occasionally drop food for residents of Berlin - they called those drops "raisin bombs." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 22. re: the stock market - in order to invest one student said, "you need money you don't need." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 23. one said, "my real job is not a funny." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 24. a guy who was going to the dentist told me, "I think it's time I sleep separately - me in the bed and my teeth in a jar next to the bed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 25. Indian Summer in Germany is called Old Woman's Summer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~MySpace Layouts at TweakYourPage.com