Saturday, August 16, 2008

Citations Needed

The Berlitz Wikipedia

Instructor's Manual (n) bulky book you take everywhere, presumably to prepare lessons. Main purpose is to cause extreme discomfort on account of its heaviness. To be read in the car on the way to work for maximum cramming.

Student (n) the number one cause of violence and thoughts of murder.

Cleaning Lady (n) i.e. Khala Zahrah; person who witnesses increasing signs of teacher madness, when you deliberately slide down the hallways en route to your class. *cough*

Break Time (n) a 15-minute-period between classes dedicated to catching up on gossip and acquiring any number of diseases from 2nd-hand smoke.

Thursday (n) when the countdown starts for Saturday, when you have to work again.

Friday (n) the day you spend being miserable about tomorrow being Saturday, when you have to work again.

Saturday (n) damn it.

Senior Instructor (n) instructors who have been working at Berlitz for at least 2 years, who can't stop talking about WadhHa, the greatest center director of all time.

Junior Instructor (n) new instructors who are probably getting really tired of hearing about it.

Cafeteria Lady (n) person who knows when an instructor is PMS-ing, based on how much candy and chocolate the instructor consumes.

Twix (n) the Berlitz instructor's kryptonite.

Bulletin Board (n) where you should post a document you don't want anyone to read.

Receptionist (n) person whose job all instructors want.

WadhHa (n) the greatest center director of all time.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good good good......

Fruitful Fusion said...

I absolutely LOVE this post!!! Do I love it as much as I love Wadhha, the greatest centre director of all time??? Nah! ;)

Baby Rockstar said...

Hahaha thanks, Ishrat. Hahaha yep, the greatest.