I’ve been meaning to do some clean up of the last few weeks, but I’m still recovering from all the travel that I’ve been doing.
However, I just want to point out a website that I searched and found while doing some research into EFL Literature Circles (there are others, but I used the role handouts [...]
I went to the classroom to teach first period yesterday. A sign on the classroom door read that I (and anyone else teaching in that room) have been reassigned to another due to a faculty and staff table tennis tournament. The tournament is now in its second full day.
This weekend I caught up with an old colleague who still pounds the pavement in the Big Durian. He’s a bit older than me with a great story to tell about his worldly travels, his ups and downs. The point is this: while talking to him, I realized that looking for a job [...]
I haven’t posted in a while because not a whole lot is happening. I bought a cheap bike to start riding on since my mornings runs just aren’t enough for me anymore. I received an email asking me to determine my return date on my ticket–which I have no idea of as I [...]
Last week, I observed my first thesis defense here. A requirement for graduation for all undergraduates here is the writing of a thesis. Most of the students in the education department perform some sort of classroom research, write it up, and make a defense with three faculty members grilling them. It’s quite [...]