xangazine

A newsletter by students of English

No Oscar For Maestro But Oscar For The Maestro

Hungarian animated short film director M. Tóth Géza will come home from Hollywood without the golden Oscar he hoped he would win with his truly great Maestro. But Maestro Gustavo Santaolalla, composer of the music of the movie Babel, won the prize for best original soundtrack. At least one Hungarian teacher of English fully supports that decision, sources close to xangazine have learned.

Kovács Péter Makes Teacher’s Dream Come True

At half past nine o’clock Monday evening, Kovács Péter published his “Story of an Ordinary Morning.” In it, he writes in the name of his RWS teacher, speaking about an unbearable morning rise from bed as well as a much more bearable (although fictitious) raise in his salary. The story is based on the simple photos appearing at the horvath blanga site. With his snapshot story, Péter has earned two blue chips.

Tusa Gabriella Puts Down Notes On Old Royal Typewriter

On Thursday, Tusa Gabriella was the first student to sit down at the desk with an old Royal typewriter on it and begin banging away at the keyboard. Requiring rather more physical power than the peaceful picking at the QWERTY keyboard of a computer, the act was witnessed by the other eighteen students in the session. Xangazine has learned that next week, Tusa and other students may even be able to see what they have typed as a brand new ribbon will be installed.

Hüttner Eszter Publishes Blog Entry On Time Magazine Article About Pain

Hüttner Eszter is the first student to have put on her Xanga blog a summary of a Time magazine article. The 512-word text she released at 1:28 PM on Wednesday, February 21, is about an article on human suffering – physical pain. It is a hip thing to earn blue chips, and Eszter is set to collect her two new chips for this contribution soon.

Bujtor Bianka To Fly To London

Bujtor Bianka is scheduled to fly to London tomorrow, following the invitation of her boyfriend. We wish her a pleasant flight and a safe trip back home with loads of stories to share in xangazine, her blog, and, who knows, maybe even the podcast.

Students Collect One Hundred And One Chips After Two Sessions

Over one hundred blue chips have been collected by the thirty-four students enrolled in the two Reading and Writing Skills courses taught by Horváth this semester.

The chips, which are the teacher’s way of evaluating students’ work in the two groups, have been awarded for attending classes, writing notes about sessions, passing an in-class test, and contributing to a new podcast.

A total of 62 chips are necessary for an end-of-term grade of five.

With ten more weeks to go, each student has a chance of getting that mark in their index.

Twenty-One Students Send Tutor Their Email Addresses

Of the thirty-four students enrolled in Horváth József’s Reading and Writing Skills courses this semester, twenty-one sent the tutor their email addresses, xangazine has learned. All of them received a confirmation message telling them about the number of their blue chips. However, the teacher was confident this was not the end of an early-semester rise in the number of email messages he received from the two groups – adding that he was hopeful the remaining thirteen will follow suit.