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thrifty
Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:02 am Post subject: |
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ss7713
It is clear to see that you are a newbie. |
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slas7713
Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 19 Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: What forum?? |
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Hmmmm...Ok now, what forum is this thrifty?? Oh, that's right, the newbie forum :)
Thanks again to all you that contributed to my original post. I will be following up with the links and going from there. Good luck to all.
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JZer
Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:03 am Post subject: |
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thrifty wrote,
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It is clear to see that you are a newbie. |
It is clear that you should find another career. |
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thrifty
Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:36 am Post subject: |
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TEFL is not a career. |
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JZer
Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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TEFL is not a career. |
Your post are just silly. I guess that if one is working at a university, they are not pursuing a career. It is great to see that thrifty knows the definition of career. |
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thrifty
Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:02 am Post subject: |
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TEFLing at a tosspot ''uni'' is not a career. |
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isanity
Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 179
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Without arguing over the semantics of 'career', there's a big difference between being a real academic who conducts and publishes research as well as teaching, and teaching conversational English at a uni (equivalent to coaching the university swimming team). I have no illusions about which group I'm in.  |
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thrifty
Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Agreed |
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Henry_Cowell

Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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A "career" is something that one works on. If you give up and live the life of a failure, of course you're not going to consider what you do a "career."
Your epitaphs on your tombstones:
Here lies one who was too lazy and irresponsible to have a career. |
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JZer
Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:37 am Post subject: |
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Here lies one who was too lazy and irresponsible to have a career. |
Who says the point of life is to have a career? I thought that the purpose of man was to propagate. |
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Henry_Cowell

Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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JZer wrote: |
Who says the point of life is to have a career? |
It seems to be thrifty's point -- by constantly bemoaning the fact that he doesn't have a career and will never have one. And he spares no efforts in trying to tell all other English teachers that they don't have careers either.
His points in life appear to be complaining and drinking. |
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JZer
Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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His points in life appear to be complaining and drinking. |
that is a good one. I really don't career about a career. I just want to educate myself about as much of the world as possible. Despite my comments about moving to South America, I may first take up a M.A. in Korean Studies. |
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