Sorry, what did you say?

Mar's my favourite Russian teacher at uni. One of the first things she told us when she introduced herself was that we'd have to speak up because she couldn't hear very well. Today she told us how it happened.

A few years ago she has a nasty flu that was going around. Something from the East. She was ill for days and when she got better, she found she hearing was messed up. How terrible. But the great thing about her is that there's no self-pity or any of the 'victim' mentality. She just gets on with things. I don't think its what makes her so good (that's just pure ability), but it definitely makes her more interesting because of the way she handles it.

There's 7 students in my class with varying levels of interest in turning up to class. We have 4 teachers and everybody turns up to Mar's class!