I Heart ESL.

When I was described once, insultingly, as an ESL speaker, I don't think the blow-deliverer had people like my students in mind. For example, I have a cold right now (well, it's either a cold, or a sinus infection, or bodily reaction to the extreme dryness one experiences in Tianjin). Although usually my students react to my coughing fits in class with silent disgust, I just got an E-mail from a student wishing me the best of luck in "staying away from diseases." I have a disease! How cute.