Goodnight Phraseology Between Two Dudes
I recently had a friend of mine from my days of teaching in Prague, Steve, stay with me. I saw him again when I was in Prague again the next year, the fall of 2...
Year: 2012
Spring Travels
The school year in most English preparatory departments is broken down into five modules. Each module is six weeks followed by a final exam. After the first mod...
Tour of Virginia
I’m picking away at a number of books at the moment, one of which is a collection of essays by writers about their worst travel experiences. This got me t...
Falcon Derailleurs
Before I got into teaching, I worked in a bike shop. It’s usually my job in-between teaching jobs as well. When I get fed up with a place or with the idea...
From the Vault
In a class full of 25 unmotivated students who are 18 or 19 years old, when I can’t get anyone to pay attention or do any work, I need to find some way of...
Remembrance of Things Past
For the first time in many years, I’ve begun to go to bed early. No no no… I haven’t been making my way further in Proust. I brought it with m...
Sunday
I went for a stroll the other day. By the mid afternoon all I’d managed to do was drink coffee and read. I don’t like weekends when I don’t ma...
Edirne Escape
I’m in Edirne for another weekend. Over the past few weeks I’ve covered a few lessons for another teacher, so he paid me back by covering my Friday ...
Lafy Nijo, Travel, Exile and Wandering
It’s a bit of a shock to me when I reflect that it’s been nearly three years since I graduated from college. What exactly have I been doing for the ...
Amusing myself
I teach in a private university, so the students come from wealthy, very privileged backgrounds for the most part. They don’t want to be in their English ...