Thank you Yingwen Laoshi. It's nice to feel appreciated. Yeah, writing your own dialogues can be fun and can free your creative spirit - if indeed it is locked up somewhere.

Thank you also for the wishes regarding my return to the middle school. I miss them and still think of them as "my kids." Interestingly,I felt it would be meaningful and maybe more of a challenge to teach at a college or university.I have prior experience with international students and adult immigrants in the States and also worked as a private and small group tutor near Beijing with university students, so I wasn't prepared to see such an absence of interest. I feel sorry for the 20% of the students who are truly motivated because I can't give them the attention they truly deserve.

And yes, I too like the idea of dialogue building. I may even try it with my not so motivated college students. Good one Rheno!