SSAB - October 20, 2026

The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski · Oct 20, 2026 · 48m

Academic English? What’s the difference?!

Had a very good IELTS talk with one of the students today. Positive vs negative responses. And should we record these to playback and analyze?

Thinking… what would an online degree in Chinese be like? And why would I want to do one?

-More recognition than HSK

-A variety of topics

-In depth knowledge (but why do I need this?)

And there seems to be more Jesus and God talk as of late. Why? Well, I think it’s become clear that the USA has some issues as of late and the Church has especially been sidelined. New Pope is USAmerica, is that the only reason?…