This is how I felt after reading that article “The Slavery of Teaching English”, which was linked to on Mark’s post, “TEFL Slaves”. I finished reading it about an hour ago and it created quite a stir in my home. First, I tried to read it to my wife, which was a mistake. The implication [...]

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Kids at the park. Nothing to get excited about…

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After a long year of seething, unspoken resentments, the local teachers finally get their chance at bursting some waigouren bubble at out annual fair.

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  Daniel says:      Rarely in the comment section of a blog, do commenters make note of the blogger’s style. Unless you are deliberately writing poetic or descriptive writing, people seem to focus on your argument, your research, your politics. This is perhaps strange, as I believe the real struggle in writing is not logic or data (you have [...]

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