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Holiday OT
We finished finals a couple of weeks ago, which signaled the beginning of three things: Our mid-year (academic year) one-month break, the second term for weekend (BA and MA) classes,…
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Visa Run 2010
I’ve been living overseas for half of my life and applying for visas regularly throughout that time. It never gets easier. Hell, now I have to report every ninety days…
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finaaaaaaaals.
I’m administering the first of four speaking tests this week, starting from the lowest performers in class first. I’m way behind schedule and have only finished seven out of forty-three……
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Daddy needs money for a new clutch
Luckily, a rush editing job came in and daddy is going to do an all-nighter. Mommy took the kids to grandma’s house and our house is quiet and lonely. Max’s…
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ran dry
My red pen just ran dry as I was correcting papers and it got me to thinking – I’ve never used a new pen until it ran out. Of course,…
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Ode to my red compact two hole punch
Somebody stole my red hole punch, the one I use for writing class. It might just be misplaced, but if I find the thief I’m gonna kick his ass.
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former student (graduate)
I got together with one of the brightest we’ve had last night. He’s a teacher himself now, in Surin province; he keeps in touch with his classmates (they only graduated…
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Dharma of the Day 6/29/1010
In-class: “If you have an afro and I have an afro, it’s perhaps reasonable to expect me to help you out of hairdo camaraderie, but it’s unreasonable to expect the…
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In class just now…
…a student just told me I forgot to set my Gmail Talk status to “teaching.” Thanks for that. FYI, I hardly ever turn on Skype anymore and gave up using…
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ESL Lesson of the day – Son of of Bitch (i.e., Son of Bitch)
This video of a Korean English teacher explaining choice bits of slang and expletives had me snorting with laughter: My favorite ESL-related clip of all time, though, is Harold Ramis’s…
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Saving you from yourself
A student scores a D on a final exam. The teacher takes pity and bumps her to a C. The student insists she deserves better and demands a retest. The…
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I finished giving finals today…
(except for a few stragglers who will come begging for forgiveness sometime) HELL YEAH! Now, on to marking and grading!
