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biffinbridge
Joined: 05 May 2003
Posts: 701
Location: Frank's Wild Years
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 Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:43 am Post subject: Great myths of our time |
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1.)Arab hospitality.
2.)Smoking stunts your growth.
3.)Jason and the Argonauts.
4.)Women are the fairer sex.
...any suggestions. |
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chinasyndrome
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
Posts: 673
Location: In the clutches of the Red Dragon. Erm...China
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 12:37 pm Post subject: Great myths of our time |
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- Karen Carpenter is dead.
- Miss Molly - or should I say Mrs Molly?  has a good avatar.
- Sunaru is funny.
Okay, I'm going back to China now.  |
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guest of Japan
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Posts: 1601
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Bush is a democratically elected president.
Teaching is easy.
Teachers are over-paid.
Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Axis of Evil.
Japanese people are polite. |
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ESL Guru
Joined: 18 May 2003
Posts: 462
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Chinese teachers are paid 700 rmb per month so you will live very well on 2,800 rmb per month as a Foreign Expert |
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slaqdog
Joined: 29 Apr 2003
Posts: 211
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 9:19 pm Post subject: I a i nt a n a L |
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western womwn ONLY want equality
finders keepers
the only good ringer is a dead ringer
there is life after efl
buffinridge is a big fat t**c
love you big time
the proof is in the poooooooding(it aint,I got it in my sock)
everyone says they wanna leave and stay for years and years, look at US!
islam and feminism
political correctness and decent conversation
decent coffee on demand in the west and fair prices for producers
lastly
fat western bloke-sl*gs 'n'slim beauties from the far east |
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bnix
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Posts: 645
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:55 pm Post subject: The Golden Bough of TESOL... |
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Myths:
1.Why,anybody can teach TESOL! You don't need any qualifications!
2. It is okay to teach illegally,because lots of people do it and nobody ever gets caught.
3.A TESOL contract is actually worth more than the paper it is written on...employers always follow their responsibilities as outlined in the contract.
4.Blondes have more fun and because they look like a.Leonardo di Caprio,or b)Sharon Stone,they are automatically "good teachers"
5.If foreign teachers complain about something in the country they are in,why it is always THEIR fault...and if they do not like the country,they should leave immediately. |
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guty
Joined: 10 Apr 2003
Posts: 365
Location: on holiday
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 2:13 am Post subject: |
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Now this wont hurt
This will hurt you more than it will hurt me
Information centres/centers
Bargain airfares |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 13859
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 3:23 am Post subject: The classics |
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And then there are the eternal myths:
Your check is in the mail
I'm from the government and I want to help you.
I'll never do THAT again.
I will ALWAYS love you.
Regards,
John |
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Wolf
Joined: 10 May 2003
Posts: 1245
Location: Middle Earth
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| ESL Guru wrote: |
| Chinese teachers are paid 700 rmb per month so you will live very well on 2,800 rmb per month as a Foreign Expert |
If that's true, then:
In China they never overcharge foreingers.
You can stay at any hotel you like.
And in general :
You don't need to learn the local language to improve your quality of life. 
"Our teachers have all fervrently studies at university for four years."
"Speakers of your native language cannot teach you a foreign language because they're translating in their head, and it slows down their fluency." - These are rough translations of a NOVA phamplet I once saw.
If you have any problems, you can just phone head office for help.
Being a reduntant cog in a bloated beaurocracy back home just to scrape by is bliss, but teaching EFL overseas for a living is not having a real life.
We'll send someone over to fix it right away (exception: Japan. Wow ... they say 9:15 am and brother (sister), they're there at 9:15:00:00 am. 9 times out of 10, barring earthquakes).
If you sit your posterior in a chair in a room that just so happens to be a classroom, inhabited by someone who just so happens to be foreign, English will magically get transferred into your brain with no other effort required on your part. 
Wow, am I getting that bitter already?  Really, it's all in good fun!  |
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