Eric's Beijing Diary

Last night I finished the Business Presentation class I have been teaching. As I do in all my classes, I gave my students a chance to express themselves re: anything they liked or disliked about the class. One young lady gave me a very nice appraisal of the course and how it had helped her. At the end, she said, "P.S. You are really a lovely old man." Isn't that special? I guess if you must be old, it doesn't hurt to be lovely. But I don't question her sincerity; I think she would have said that even if I wasn't good looking. The truth is, I have had the opportunity to teach a lot of lovely students. You kinda get spoiled teaching in a system like this.