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rrrichard
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| I think Mark Loyd is my favourite person on Dave's. |
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| Mark, where do you work if you think all of us Celta grads have dead end, low paying jobs? |
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fluffyhamster
Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Mark Loyd wrote: |
| ''We'd all not say no''? |
Does 'none of would say no' process any better in whatever brain you have, Mark? 
(I sometimes use tricky phrasing to sort the men out from the boys.   ). |
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Gregor
Joined: 06 Jan 2005
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Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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Now now,
Let's not misquote Mr. Lloyd. He said (well, implied) that CELTA grads actually DON'T have deadend, low-paying jobs. It's the rest of us who do. |
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fluffyhamster
Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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| fluffyhamster wrote: |
| Mark Loyd wrote: |
| ''We'd all not say no''? |
Does 'none of would say no' process any better in whatever brain you have, Mark?
(I sometimes use tricky phrasing to sort the men out from the boys. ). |
Oops. I meant to type 'none of us would say no'. See, damn tricky, this thing called English. Yes, we all deserve a big slap on the back if not a hefty paycheck for managing to type anything in it, let alone daring to teach it. |
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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003
Posts: 3484
Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Mark Loyd wrote: |
| One day you will want to go home. |
I will..?!? Can you please tell me where you bought your crystal ball? I sure would like to be able to predict the future as well as you!
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Justin Trullinger
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
Posts: 3110
Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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| And it is always going to be local. |
Well, I guess all salaries are local, aren't they? So�s the cost of living. But try this- after rent, food, and necessary bills, I have between 60 and 75% of my local salary left. Most people I'm in touch with back "home," around my age and level of qualifications, have more like 10 to 15% left. or sometimes less. This not only makes for a nice life by local standards, it's actually MORE dollars left at the end of the month than my friends back "home." So if I did decide to move back where I'm from, I guess I'd have the savings to do it with, wouldn't I?
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| One day you will want to go home. |
Who the BEEP are you to tell people what they should want, or will want, or whatever. I have a mother for that, thank you very much.
But I, like anyone else, am capable of making that decision on my own. If I wanted to go back "home," I would, and if you think it would create unusual hardship, you are mistaken. But don't be too sure what I will want to do. I'm quite happy where I am, and there are LOTS of places I haven't been yet.
Regards,
Justin |
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Mark Loyd
Joined: 13 Sep 2005
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| Living the dream, eh? |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Mexico City
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Home is Where the Heart Is - Adrienne Barnathan
We are a circle
where we roam
near or far
it is our home
we are home
Any place
we come to be
just remember
you're with me
where ever we are
we are home
(where ever we are
we are home)
There are times
you look so lost
stand with me
and be a part
of the home
in my heart
our home is
of the heart |
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Mark Loyd
Joined: 13 Sep 2005
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| And it is always going to be local. |
Well, I guess all salaries are local, aren't they? So�s the cost of living. But try this- after rent, food, and necessary bills, I have between 60 and 75% of my local salary left. Most people I'm in touch with back "home," around my age and level of qualifications, have more like 10 to 15% left. or sometimes less. This not only makes for a nice life by local standards, it's actually MORE dollars left at the end of the month than my friends back "home." So if I did decide to move back where I'm from, I guess I'd have the savings to do it with, wouldn't I?
And anyway..
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| One day you will want to go home. |
Who the BEEP are you to tell people what they should want, or will want, or whatever. I have a mother for that, thank you very much.
But I, like anyone else, am capable of making that decision on my own. If I wanted to go back "home," I would, and if you think it would create unusual hardship, you are mistaken. But don't be too sure what I will want to do. I'm quite happy where I am, and there are LOTS of places I haven't been yet.
Regards,
Justin |
Middle class angst |
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fluffyhamster
Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I for one am getting so much out of your posts, Mark! Keep fighting the good fight now, y'hear? |
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Justin Trullinger
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
Posts: 3110
Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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Please feel free to make fun of me, or other posters, although I really don't know where you read "angst" in my posts. Nor, were it not for your clairvoyance, how you presume to assign me to a class.
Are you currently teaching, Mark? I hope you have a better time in the classroom than you let on. Otherwise, it would make for a pretty unsatisfying life, wouldn't it?
take care now,
Justin |
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