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Today we're talking about the lessons coming up this week at ChinesePod - with some special emphasis on Thanksgiving! Jenny and John introduce Catherine, who works behind the scenes to manage content production here at CPod. We've got a great Early Bird Festive Promotion coming up, too, so don't forget to check out this link for details! Finally, we're looking for some help from you, our beloved users! Contact us if you'd like to participate in an upcoming project that explores how users interact with ChinesePod and how we can improve the service in the future.
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aha,so you're the go to person now Catherine.Welcome and good luck in your new role.
I see the upcoming project differs from John's recent post which was more specifically looking at improving the Community section.Sounds interesting.
Happy Thanksgiving to all our North American friends.
Happy Thanksgiving ? That's a bit late..we already celebrated a few weeks ago. But thanks anyway !
..this coming Thursday USA,October 12 Canada.Forgive my ignorance,but what is the Canadian tradition in this regard? I only know the American story.
Actually, Catherine aluded to the fact that Canada may have a different Thanksgiving date from the U.S.A.
Canada celebrated this on October 12th.
I'm not sure why there is a different date...probably because we already have a November holiday...
When contacting you for the upcoming project, what catagory should we select?
thanks
Liliana (SpanishPod) & Catherine (ItalianPod) now at ChinesePod.
Now I wait for Amaury (FrenchPod) to come over....
Are SP, IP and FP "dead"?
What is the reason behind the latest "staff shift" to ChinesePod?
If Catherine is the person to "fix" audio/lesson (i.e. quality) problems, what about to improve the quality checking in advance (before publishing)?
Just my 2 cents...
I'm British, we don't have Thanksgiving at all! As the American one at least was about getting AWAY from the British, then it wouldn't really be appropriate!
But Happy Thanksgiving to those for who it IS the right time of year.
And Catherine, welcome. I'm a Catherine too.....
American thanksgiving is an opportunity to shop at fantastic discount off regular prices. The one day sale would make or break retailers profit targets for the year... sales volume even bigger than any Christmas shopping day in December. Family members away also return home for thanksgiving family get-together same as Canadians do.
chinesecatherine,
I think you need a history lesson and maybe even and English lesson. Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Britain.
amesburygeorge,
Just use "Service Suggestion." Thanks!
Welcome, Cathrine!
:) Great to see you here:)
Catherine sounds sweet, I wouldn't mind having her on news and features more often.. Sorry Matt! 垂涎慾滴
@yingxiong Catherine is an awesome person, an excellent manager and a talented host - you are absolutely justified in wanting to hear her more often. :)
Aw! Thanks Matt!
Thanks, too, for the warm welcome, bababardwan, chinesecatherine, yingxiong and bendidelaowai!
ioaadafa: as an American high school (and former grade school) teacher, I have to say that chinesecatherine knows her Thanksgiving history quite well. The Pilgrims of America's first Thanksgiving WERE, in fact, British subjects. They left England for America (though they first tried Holland) because at the time they didn't have religious freedom. Still, they wanted to bring up their children with English language and customs-- which they kept long after they landed here.
The focus of that first Thanksgiving is the theme that many of us still observe each year: that the blessings of life cannot be taken for granted, and we are grateful for family, health and the hand of Divine Providence on our lives for another year.
Wishing all of you a spirit of Thanksgiving all year 'round!