Chatty Flight #1

I did a stint abroad last month and I had to travel halfway across the globe for it. That was my longest flight so far, <font style="background-color: yellow;">but</font> and unfortunately it turned out to be another jaded flight. I thought <font style="background-color: yellow;">all would be good</font>, (not wrong, but a more natural way to say this would be 'everything would be fine') because I boarded at 8pm and<strike> I</strike> planned to sleep to burn <strike>up</strike> through the hours. <strike>So</strike> That way, by the time I <font style="background-color: yellow;">wake</font> woke up, I <font style="background-color: yellow;">should</font> would be nearing my destination. I was <strike>all</strike> wrong <strike>that I took it easy</strike>.

I travelled solo for a few days<strike> business</strike> and I felt <font style="background-color: yellow;">ok</font> (in writing, spell this out as 'okay'. 'ok' is the abbreviation.) until I was on board. I sat next to the window and found out that my fellow seat mates were older folks whose <font style="background-color: yellow;">body</font> bodies looked very weak ('who looked frail' sounds more polite!). I didn't expect the lady <strike>was</strike> to be very chatty, but she talked <strike>all</strike> the whole time <strike>during her waking hours </strike>she was awake<strike>,</strike>. <font style="background-color: yellow;">she</font> <font style="background-color: yellow;">She</font> <strike>preached</strike> told ('preached' carries a bit of a negative context, used like this. Even if you are thinking negatively of her, I wouldn't use 'preached' here.) me about her business trips back in the day and she said I reminded her of "young <strike>she</strike> her"<strike>,</strike> . <font style="background-color: yellow;">t</font>he worst part was that she repeated<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>ly</strike></font> the same story, even when I drifted off as if she didn't want to let me sleep. Even Though I <font style="background-color: yellow;">try</font> tried to talk as <font style="background-color: yellow;">few</font> little as I could to show my disinterest in her, she kept on talking and made me feel I <font style="background-color: yellow;">have</font> had to respond and <font style="background-color: yellow;">kept</font> keep the conversation going.

<font style="background-color: yellow;">The next</font> After 4 hours she started to look exhausted, and within <strike>split</strike> seconds I put on my neck pillow and closed my eyes to sleep, until the strong turbulence shook my body (This sentence is very long. For proper writing, I would split it.  "I closed my eyes..." as a second sentence.). I was disappointed to find out that only one hour had passed. I couldn't sleep anymore because I <strike>felt I have</strike> needed to go to the toilet <strike>right now </strike>(Usually, we say 'go to the bathroom'.  'Right now' is present tense, and you are writing in past tense, so leave it out.). When I politely <strike>woke</strike> tried to wake the lady next to me up, I felt very hopeless, because she <font style="background-color: yellow;">sleeps</font> slept so soundly with snores. She <strike>wasn't</strike> didn't move<strike>d</strike> after my 5 minute<strike>s</strike> attempt <strike>of waking</strike> to wake her up<strike> to make way for me to toilet</strike>, and/ so (either of those choices work here) I had no choice but<font style="background-color: yellow;"> waiting</font> to wait for help. A stewardess passed by and helped me wake her up. I was so relieved to be able to go to the toilet, but by the time I returned the lady <strike>slept too quickly</strike> was asleep again and I needed to call the stewardess again for help. That happened 3 times! What a flight!

~Nice job! 

Another, other and others can also refer to objects.

"I would like another drink." (You have already had one or more drinks, and want one more.)

"Where is my other shoe?" (You have one shoe, you want its match.) 

"I have seen the blue and yellow coats, are there others?" (You want to see more choices.)

So, these words can be used for objects OR or people. 

In the US, it isn't common to use it this way, but I can't speak for other countries. 

We would call other people 'an ass' , but I wouldn't say "he's a donkey" if I was mad.  I would say, "he's an ass." 

Also, I would call the animal a donkey, but not an ass.  

It means 'few' used like this.

I would say it depends how you use it.

Some people actually speak that way, and use the words you find on 'urban dictionary'.

Are they correct, proper English? Ahahah no. But, that doesn't mean they aren't used.

Would I use most of those words? No.

But I wouldn't use Wikipedia as my first source of information, either.

Teaching #1

I love learning and teaching languages. For me, teaching is not only about transferring materials but also passion. I've been in love with foreign languages since I was little. Having been teaching (taught) for 8 years on and off makes me realize that the more I teach, the more I learn. I like to teach informally where my student sees me as a friend instead of a teacher, so we can discuss many things freely without having to worry about rules and ( 'or' sounds more natural here, but 'and' is not necessarily wrong.) grades. When my students feels comfortable they will be happy expressing their thoughts and won't worry about making mistakes. 

Sometimes teaching can also be equally ('also' instead of 'equally', or just leave out equally.) frustrating when the students hardly achieve their objective and are slow in making progress. It takes a lot of introspection to find out how could things go wrong. It takes a lot of brainstorming to work  make things right. Teaching can be very exhausting. There was a moment in life where when I feel felt quite worn out of from teaching, however recalling my goal cures (cured) my frustration: transforming someone from the state of "don't know" to be "in the know". That thought leads me to the idea that "I'm a magic, I work wonders, I'm a blessing". Finally, teaching means sharing. To share with someone who really needs also fulfils my happiness. ("makes me happy")

All in all, teaching makes me realize that one precious thing I learned so far is: different students may need diferrent (different) ways to learn, but they are never a failure.

~~~very nice! It reads well.

Nowadays, an increasing number of people are concerned about the significance of tertiary education. However, whether the main purpose of the university should be to provide <strike>the</strike> job-related knowlege to the greduates (graduate) or not is a controversial issue(Using however in this sentence indicates you're comparing it to something, so you should have 'or not' for the comparison). My view is that the <strike>sake</strike> purpose/role of a universuty is to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in the workplace.
First<strike>ly</strike>, it is obvious that the <strike>purpose of</strike> reason students <strike>to</strike> receive<strike>d </strike>education in collage is to find a decent job in the workplace in the future. This is because most <strike>of</strike> graduates are faced with enormous stresses in <strike>the</strike> society<strike>,</strike>. <strike>(</strike>Start new sentence here) they need to earn a living and support their families, so<strike>,</strike> the particular skills <strike>is</strike> are their real need<strike>s</strike> in the university.
Moreover, focus on the supply of the job-related knowedge (knowledge)<strike> also</strike> is a good method to keep the univerity (university) <strike>follow</strike> on <strike>the</strike> pace <strike>of</strike> with the deveopment of the society. For instance, the Alibaba Group was marked as a millstone (milestone) in the e-bussiness area and sparked massive interest in e-bussiness<strike>,</strike>. if the university puts focus on this area without delay and puts more resources on this industry, the graduates of this collage (college) will be more popular in the workplace and this university also could (could also) keep pace with the world.
That is not to say that <strike>the</strike> pure academic knowledge is useless<strike>,</strike>. there are some stdents (students) who really need it to do<strike>ing</strike> some research or study some area in depth, or maybe become a scientist in the future and <strike>do</strike> more contribution  (contribute more) than others. But unfortunately, <strike>this</strike> these kind of graduates <strike>is</strike> are far between. ('few and far between' is the whole phrase normally used.)
In <strike>sum </strike>summary , the main fumction (function) of the university should be to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in the workplace<strike>,</strike>. <strike>meanwile </strike>(new sentence) we can not ignore <strike>that</strike> the inportance (importance) of the academic knowledge.<strike>, by doing so</strike>, With it, the university <strike>could</strike> can maintain dynamic and sustainable development.

 ~~You sound well-spoken and intelligent, so I was pretty picky when I edited this! 
Good luck!

"In lay terminology" means he was using common words - the explanation/ story was given without technical terms so anyone could understand it, without needing to have education in the field.
"The bearing" refers to giving birth. "Bearing children".