Well...

[azuhlLt.]

We're nearing the end of the academic year and I just wanted you to know that this site and the people on it have been a great help, without your support to vent and express my opinions...I fear I may have taken someone's life. Thanks for putting up with me. I'll still be here next year, but I just wanted you all to be aware that I appreciate you.

[jeisensei]

I feel all warm and fuzzy (even though I know none of that is directed at me )

[azuhlLt.]

I feel all warm and fuzzy (even though I know none of that is directed at me )

of course it is...I'm just thinking of all the times I could have punched someone here and instead popped online and typed it out instead.

[peet]

You still have a couple more months to punch some people (or post here some more).

I agree though. Nice site, and nice forum. I've been here a while and tried other ALT/teaching forums, and most are either too juevenile ( [cough] Big Daikon ), or too academic. This one is a happy medium.

[moolooman]

Right as rain.

[Paul]

Wow, still three months to go and the hug-fest begins.

[Jeimuzu]

Feel the Lurve!!!

[Otaku]

The site and forum is only as good as the people contributing to it so I think a huge "thanks!" should go out to everyone helping and/or contributing to it.

I think the unique thing about the forum and one of the things that make it so special is:

1.) How it is run. It was setup to not be prefecture-specific. I wanted to build a general forum that would crossover prefectural lines AND one that would connect ALL ALTs, no matter who they work for. Also, I wanted to create a positive environment forum where people could come and hang out. Other forums are either prefecture-specific and/or have a ton of trolls mixed into the general population. Here on the Englipedia Forum, we try to snipe trolls before they get too far out of hand (a.k.a. Tengu, if anyone remembers, permanently banned).

2.) Connected to a huge teaching resource. Other forums have a little bit of resources but without a wealth of ideas, a forum is just a place to come and talk. The Englipedia Forum was setup to be a supplimental resource to the main site. You know, give the users of the site a place to come and talk and whatnot. Basically, increasing the communication between the people who build the site, use it, and anyone who else wants to join into the community (a.k.a. Jeimizu). Everyone is welcome, teachers or not, as long as they aren't a troll.

3. The people who contribute to the forum. This is one of the most valuable things about the forum. For some reason, which I still haven't figured out why, the forum has attracted an eclectic handful of ALTs who have a variety of talents and have donated those talents to help improve the forum/site. Our jobs aren't a career type of job, so building a community is quite hard when the turnover rate is pretty high. But, a handful of us have come together and are building a pretty cool little place for others to hang out and talk. We are the pioneers to the future generations of ALTs. The only place the site/forum is going is UP. :)

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Okay, back to building the new textbooks area...

[Kanashibari]

Yeah, I hope this forum sticks around after April as well....

[Paul]

Yeah, I hope this forum sticks around after April as well....

Well........

[Otaku]

Englipedia is going to be around into the foreseeable future.

[jeisensei]

Englipedia is the one and only thing that will guide the human race though the coming apocalypse

[Jeimuzu]

Englipedia is the one and only thing that will guide the human race though the coming apocalypse

+1.

[jeisensei]

+1.

We need to get Google+ support in the forum!

Edited to say "Ohh! 777 posts. Got to be my lucky day"