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[violaconspiracy]

Not all cross-cultural encounters are friendly ones, and not all students enjoy being in a classroom. When these factors are combined in a classroom where the teacher is foreign and doesn't speak the students' native tongue, tensions can run high.I've just been handed a student's completed work. A postcard, written in English, to be addressed to

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[penpusher]

Of course he'd need extra postage to get that mailing to Osama now!

Still, this was quite unexpected and amusing.

[violaconspiracy]

I shudder to think of the cost of mailing a postcard to the afterlife. Just sending to a different country is bad enough!

[i_will_not_say]

I like how this one ended up! :)

[violaconspiracy]

I liked it too, once I realized what was actually going on. :-)

[malruniel11]

Now there's a special memory! Please tell me it was real! Bahahahaha!

[violaconspiracy]

Yes, this is indeed a story of one of my many adventures teaching at an English camp in Korea.

[solstice_singer]

Lol. Great job.

[violaconspiracy]

Thanks!

[majesticzaichik]

ehehehe. A fuck you postcard to Bin Laden. That's amusing XD

[violaconspiracy]

The best thing was the complete unashamed GLEE with which he said it.
Nice profile pic, btw!

[majesticzaichik]

Thanks! I love Dani and Missandei.