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January, 2007

Life and death in TEFL

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Just a short but serious side-note to future / as well as current/ teachers of EFL…  We have had two teachers receive calls from home (USA) that a parent is either dying or in one case, passed.  The grief is overwhelming.  Decisions made on last vacation/leave /are doubted.  The trips back home are long and lonely.

It has occured to me that special thought/planning needs to be made by all teachers of EFL - to pre-think the unthinkable. Oman/Korea/Brazil etc. are so far away.  One must mentally adjust to the fact that deaths may occur and one must be ‘alright’ with that fact.

We have all been scurrying to cover the classes now left vacant. Life and courses continue.  I hope to post a much more uplifting message shortly regarding the new on-line course of Second Language Acqusition at St Cloud State University / Minnesota.  The course begins today.

Ever onward…

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