By:Jiang Haoran

With the soft breeze, the English Corner started on a comfortable evening of November 2nd, with Mr. Christopher Dockstader, Mr. Byron Boaz Sherman, Mr. David Whitlock, Mr. Michael Fisher and Mr. Lucas Conrad present. Five foreign teachers altogether.

Before the English Corner started, Chris talked about the problem of family pressure on students. He thought for the purpose of solving this problem, students should first learn to respect their parents and listen to their ideas. If those ideas were found to be unacceptable, then it was better for them to do more sports to reduce stress, such as boxing. What’s more, to be financially independent was another good way to solve this problem.

In terms of people’s being afraid of big dogs, Byron thought that the best way to solve this problem was to respect them and treat them friendly. From this, Byron casted light on a broader issue: adopting animals instead of buying them. He told the students that adoption was the foundation of respecting pets, which meant that pets were living creatures instead of inanimate objects which could be easily abandoned.

Apart from these, David and Michael talked about the differences between Chinese and Japanese. Although the Japanese language system was based on that of Chinese, a big difference still existed between them. It was great of us to respect the differences so that we could see the beauty of linguistic diversity. Besides, Lucas shared with the students his favorite kind of music, namely, hip pop. The reason why he loved it was that hip pop respected all kind of music and mixed them splendidly.

Students had learned a lot from today’s English Corner, they knew that respect was an indispensable element of people’s personality. Everyone was looking forward to the next week’s English Corner eagerly.