Teaching & Learning English
This book, unlike the first book, will be science fiction. Set in a different (fictional)system in the same galaxy as us. There are three main types of aliens living there: Blobwobs. Generally kind and caring. They shape-shift easily, and are always slightly translucent and wet-looking. They have unique patterns on their cheeks. (I’ll let Monty … Read more
I’m kind of curious about this, who is your favorite Greek god. My personal fav is Apollo, god of poetry, prophecy, sun, healing, plagues, etc. Let’s vote
I love poetry. Here’s a not well known type of poetry I want to share. Terza rima is a form of poetry composed of tercets (3-line stanzas) with an interlocking rhyme scheme. It was invented by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri and famously used in his Divine Comedy. So, it is famous for its peculiar … Read more
Yay. Our favorite writer of plays, Shakespeare. And I found out he really sucked at Greek Mythology, and is getting a lot wrong. Here’s my proof. First, in The Tempest, Shakespeare made a bunch of gods & goddesses to bless Miranda and Ferdinand. The goddesses were Juno, the goddess of marriage, Ceres, the goddess of … Read more
England is renowned for its quaint countryside villages, unique historical sites and typical “British weather”. However, English cuisine is not one of the first attractions that comes to mind. Instead, the English are infamous for their bland food and lack of cooking skills, having the tendency to take some perfectly fine ingredients and boil them … Read more
As a person who was born in a country where everyone looks different from you, or when you’re back at your supposedly “home” yet everything feels unfamiliar, I tend to feel confused on the term “home”. I’ve always considered Nottingham as my true home, only because I spent my childhood there and feel the most … Read more
Characters: -Major: Parallel to Lenin, Karl Marx, as they all inspired uprising/consider revolting, but didn’t live to see the revolution they started. -Snowball: Parallel to Leon Trotsky, as he was exiled from the soviet union(Manor farm in the book) after posing a threat to their leader(Stalin in reality and Napoleon in the book) -Napoleon: Parallel … Read more
When my extended family—grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, and a squad of cousins—decided to go on a family trip to Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu, I knew it would be full of chaos, laughter, and a lot of food. It turns out I’m right! Waking up early always seems like a destined start of every holiday trip. At … Read more
I have doubts about almost everything: I doubt that Darwinism is true, I doubt that the Earth is round, and I doubt that writing analytical essays is fun. But there is one thing I have no doubt about—“Bird Paradise” in Singapore is the most spectacular zoo in the world! Bird Paradise is the largest aviary … Read more
First, I hate hegemonies. Second, this is my Grade 8 SA ‘vestige’. Third, please have a look 🙂 The fall of the Ottoman Empire (News report) Leo Muzhen Li Introduction It was a cold winter afternoon in Istanbul in 1705. After a heavy shower, the air was moist, and the street was wet, there were … Read more
©Leo Muzhen Li This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity. … Read more
Analysis: first, in “I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. It is about this that I wish to speak … Read more