We are in the middle of exams now, which means I have to proctor. I’d rather be teaching…
Standing for 2 or 4 hours at a time without being able to do anythning else is, well, tiring. And it hurts my knees.
Mark posted something on the transient nature of expat life. At the age of 38, [...]

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My friend Mark at toshuo.com tagged me with a chain blog. This is my first time getting one of these, so for now I’ll go along with it. And considering this blog’s readership, it will be easy to find 5 things “you” dont know. Come to think of it, some of the most interesting [...]

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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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  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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