Farewell John? Say it ain't so

John thanks for everything, you did an amazing job. 我希望有一天我能和你一样说中文说的那么好。你太给力哥们。祝你一直顺利

Thank you John for all the entertaining podcasts! Going to be a big hole to fill over there! 

John

Thank you for your time at Chinesepod.

Good luck for your future venture at Sinosplice.

As mentioned by everybody else you have been a part of our life and we are all very thankful for that. I appreciated your style and "humor "

Good luck and good fortune in 2014

Good Luck John!  You have been a mainstay of CP for a long time now, and it won't be the same without you.

Us poddies have to constantly adapt to the unique style of each teacher, and your style was very precise and didactic, and sometimes in the early days confrontational. It all made for good entertainment on the side, while continuing to learn the language :)

Mick

Sad to see that you are leaving CPod John. Wish you all the best in your life and future ventures!

I found out about this a couple of hours ago while studying a lesson. I was very impressed as all of the other fellow Cpod users. Even tough I have never been a very active user, I also want to thank John for all his guidance and hard work as a Cpod staff. He might not remember, but I had the pleasure to meet him and Jenny during my visit to Cpod office in the summer of 2010 when I went to meet Ellen Yuan who was my counselor. 

My best wishes for you John in all your future endeavors 祝你无往不利！, I'm pretty sure you still have a lot of history to write in the Chinese learning field.

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Luis Guillermo

I am so sad to hear John is leaving! I have been listening to his upper intermediate lessons ever since I first stumbled upon ChinesePod ~ 2008 or so. He is by far my favorite host (no offense to the others). I loved his sense of humor. I remember several times laughing out loud during the podcasts. *sigh* It is quite impressive how advanced his Chinese language skills are. It gives me hope that I can improve my Chinese language skills somewhat. Chinese was my first language but I moved away at age 5... so my vocab has been rather stagnant ... around a 4th grade level. Goodbye, John. Best of luck in your career!

Thank you for so many wonderful podcasts, John. You always made presenting the lessons seem so easy and natural - the sign of a true master. Wish you all the best with your new ventures!

Before the dust settles, I just want to say a simple thank you to John. You made a huge difference both to my Chinese learning and my experience of life in China. Wish you all the best man, I'm sure you'll do well.

You've been great, John.  I'm glad I had a chance to meet you in the Chinesepod office a few years ago, however briefly.  Best of luck!

-Steve

Dear John

I am really not sure where you are going to, but I really hope that one day you will consider returning to chinesepod on either full-time basis or part-time basis.

You know something - even though you are not a native speaker, you have made the chinesepod lessons so interesting, educational and fun. This I consider a remarkable talent - you are an excellent teacher. And excellent teachers are really rare.

Without you, Chineepod is certainly different. You make a good team with Jenny, Connie and Lili. I will miss your lessons a lot. Thanks you for your wonderful teaching.

NK Chew, Malaysia.

Oh no. So sad. Happy for John. But still terribly sad.

Thanks for all the great podcasts John. 

John, I was wondering why in the last some lessons there was no John.

I remember listening to your voice in the dialogues at least six years ago - or was it more?

Wish you all the luck you need and stay focused! Would be nice to meet for a cup of coffee when you are in BJ.

cheers

I have to say John, you influence spreads very far among the other language learners I've met in Shanghai. Even the ones that arent focusing on studying. The lessons have been excellently constructed and well broken down by you in the past and I hope your successor can match your standards. 

It must be a weird feeling for you, because many of us feel like we know you well after listening to you everyday, but you dont know us at all.

8 years is a long time to spend in any profession, and I think you moving on is a positive thing, you have planted the seeds for many of us and your influence will be felt for a long time among the 1000's of language learners in the world. 

Good luck in your new endeavors. 

Thanks so much for your contributions to my learning over all these years.  Your departure will be sorely felt.  All the best wih AllSetLearning!

Will be missed John. I've only been here since September but I've already come to love your lessons. You've also given me hope that as an english speaker I can master the Chinese language enough to study at university in China. Good luck for the future. 加油！！:)

John, Best of luck to you with AllSetLearning. Inevitably, people leave organizations, so Chinesepod will continue, but you left a strong positive mark on Chinesepod that was noticed and appreciated. 

It's a tragedy.  

I would also like to say thanks John. This is my first post since I joined a couple of months back but after over 200 lessons I feel I know you somehow!

I met a guy today in Brisbane(Matt) who said he worked with Chinesepod in 2009 after he overheard me speaking mandarin to a waitress at a local chinese restaraunt and he was just wondering where I was learning Chinese.

Of course I told him my teacher is "Chinesepod" and in addition I just do freetalk with online teachers to practice what I have learnt.

Anyway sorry to see you go but you will live on in your recordings :-)

Just heard the news myself.

John, I would like to add my thanks for all the help you have been over the years, and my best wishes for the future.

Mike

Sad to hear you're going, but wish you all the best in the future. You're an inspiration to me and many many other learners. ChinesePod definitely won't be the same without you.

What?  No way...  First Ken, now John?  I guess good things never last.  It's a shame I won't get to meet you in person at the ChinesePod studios.  I hope that ChinesePod is able to keep up the standard that the present day crew has set with your help.  I also wish you all the best for your future!

Happy for you John but many of us will have a hard time with the fact that you have moved on.  Fortunately, we have all of your wonderful recordings.  You are "The Man".  Best of luck and thank you for being the inspiration that you have been for those of us who share your passion.  地下次见

Very, very sad news. What will be the future of ChinesePod without John? - I have the worst fears.

@John, I wish you all the best for your future projects.

You know it's one thing to review past lessons and hear of people leaving, and another when someone who has become an active part of your learning experience leaves. Undoubtedly John, you will be missed by poddies and co-workers. Here's to your continued succes, and any possible pop ups as a surprise co-host =).

waiguoren,

Thanks very much. I appreciate you taking the time to leave this message.

I've loved my time at ChinesePod, and yet, nothing can stay the same forever. The nice thing about all my work at ChinesePod over the years is that a lot of it is literally recorded and can live on. I hope it continues to serve you poddies well.

I am sorry for that, too. It's very nice to working with him.

So sorry to hear about this. I will miss him!