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What makes a good teacher?
This question has been bothering me since I started teaching a couple years ago. In my head I have a pretty good idea what makes a good teacher, and I…
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Away for a few…
The English Program at my university is leaving tomorrow at 5:30 AM for a four day trip to a national forest in Saraburi for our annual English Camp. It will…
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Volunteering in Kalasin
Last week a few of us teachers were asked to visit some classes being taught on a volunteer basis by our Business English major students out in Kalasin. We went…
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Thai immigration in Mukdahan
Our university sent us foreign teachers to Mukdahan yesterday for our annual visa renewals. Until now, we had been using th immigration office in Nong Khai, but the last time…
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Adventures in English Teaching
So you might have noticed that I don’t talk about my job here much, and there are several reasons for that. It’s mostly because I’ve read a lot of people…
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Lasts
Today marks the start of a series of “lasts.” Last e-mails on the work account. Last time staring at the patterns in the acoustic ceiling tiles. For Christ’s sake, last…
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Overheard in the office
Background: Coworker A just came back from an overseas posting last month and is showing the same kind of displeasure about our fabulicious uniforms that we all did last year.…
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What do you do?
I’ve been compiling a task list at work to hand off my replacement, if they can ever find one (I may be *ahem* hard to replace). The thing is, I’ve…
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Blessed are the gentle
I’m on lunch break. My old pal Lenny just ambushed me out of nowhere with a Flaming Fist o’ Tuna Roll attack to the shoulder and caused me to spill…
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Moral Dilemnot
Only 26 days of work left for me now; 8 optional days off remain. I’ve been in Japan so long, I actually started feeling guilty even just thinking about using…
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Mozzie Nerve Pinch
Got stung by a rogue mosquito in the back of the head last night and now my neck is all sore from its virulent nerve toxin-saliva or whatever. Told my…
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Green Benefits
One of the benefits of working next to an R&D laboratory at an electronics manufacturer is that the guys are always playing around with cold lasers and soldering irons and…
