REVIEW: ABDULLAH GUL UNIVERSITY, Kayseri, Turkey
How a bully manager can destroy a department. Continue reading REVIEW: ABDULLAH GUL UNIVERSITY, Kayseri, Turkey
Category: EFL Teacher Blog
Having lived and worked in Asia, Arabia, Europe and the USA, I’ve retired. I would like to share my knowledge, while writing my new book THE EXPATS.
My Reality of Teaching Overseas
Teaching overseas includes 80% stress for 20% exotica: bad housing, incompetent colleagues and supervisors, and grades changed by management. I’m glad I’m done with it. Continue reading My Reality of Teaching Overseas
Top 10 Foreign Delights by countries lived in
(All photos are mine except for the Bali postcard and above UAE holiday card) 1. CANADA – 2 years Stanley Park, Vancouver http://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/stanley-park.aspx Two years of happiness. Fantastic opportunity to write and receive feedback on my writing in … Continue reading Top 10 Foreign Delights by countries lived in
Top 10 Wonderful Realities about Teaching English Overseas
Asian students are wonderful. They are quiet and respectful. They also study and learn. Arabic countries are superior to Asian countries in regards to housing, culture and food. In the Arabic countries of the UAE and Oman, the weather is superb. Al Ain in the UAE was like spring every day for five months. Sandals 24/7/365 was fantastic. Yearly round-trip tickets home or to other vacation hot spots were enjoyable, such as a Christmas week in Ubud, a painting-haven in Bail. No USA income taxes. Nearly 99% of teachers make less than $99,000 a year, the cut off mark for … Continue reading Top 10 Wonderful Realities about Teaching English Overseas
Why the Holy Roman Catholic Church Should be Abolished
Pedophilia Institutionalized, encouraged exploitation of children and the uneducated. Unnatural beliefs inflicted on masses The “Holy Family” as a family of virgins is not normal or possible because human/animal nature demands procreation through sex. Ex-cathedra speaking leader (despot) Stating when the leader (pope) spoke as if he himself were God, and thus whatever is said is true and must be obeyed. Corruption of human nature The forgiving of sins (wrongdoing) at the point of death allows the sinner instant access to heaven. Promise that the bad will be punished by hell and the good rewarded by heaven as a fairy tale … Continue reading Why the Holy Roman Catholic Church Should be Abolished
Welcome to Portugal, Madonna
Letter welcoming Madonna to Sintra, Portugal Continue reading Welcome to Portugal, Madonna
My Facelift at 54 Years Old, 2004
When I was about seven or eight in the 1950s, I told my mom and six sisters that when I get old, “I’m having a facelift!” They laughed. I insisted. I was dreaming of an impossible luxury. I thought by the time I needed one, science would offer a new way to do it, and do it cheaper. Norman Mailer had two deep thought lines over his nose, often hidden with glasses. However, on a woman, walking down a street, even with glasses, men ordered me to smile. Customs officers ordered my luggage inspected. Students feared angering me. Overseas job … Continue reading My Facelift at 54 Years Old, 2004
Diabetes – The Body’s Civil War
“I’d rather die than have my leg chopped off!” my mother boomed. She was 60. Her leg was gangrened from diabetes. When it was amputated, she didn’t die. For the next nine years, she refused a wheelchair, refused to exercise, and refused to inject herself with insulin. She dominated the living room and her husband of nearly 40 years from her hospitalized bed. In her late fifties, around 1970, my mother’s moods had radically swung from sudden angry outbursts to demands to immediately eat. My older sisters thought her erratic behavior presaged another nervous breakdown. She was later diagnosed diabetic. Before … Continue reading Diabetes – The Body’s Civil War
Over 30 & My Niece’s Bizarre Behavior
Alice Delaney Walker - Teacher, Writer, Traveller 