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40 year old English teacher makes U.S. Olympic swim team!
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ghost



Joined: 30 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:21 am    Post subject: 40 year old English teacher makes U.S. Olympic swim team! Reply with quote
Dara Torres, a 40 year old U.S. Mom who is certified to teach ESL/EFL, made the U.S. Olympic swim team, after a break of more than 6 years away from the sport!

She beat competitors less than half her age!

Read about her interesting macrobiotic diet and sleep habits (9-11 hours per 24 hours) and see how Dara has kept the ageing process at bay.

Had Dara not made a comeback in swimming, she might have ended up in Berlitz Istanbul, because she had previous contacts with Berlitz schools in the U.S. and Canada. It would have been interesting to see someone like Dara working alongside a teacher like Yaramaz -

Check out this article.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080102538.html

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justme



Joined: 18 May 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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It would have been interesting to see someone like Dara working alongside a teacher like Yaramaz


Why?
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scot47



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I find something sinister in this obsession with fitness.
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justme



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sinister is a good word for it. I was thinking 'profoundly disturbing' but your is better, scot.
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ghost



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:34 am    Post subject: mens sana in corpore etc..... Reply with quote
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I find something sinister in this obsession with fitness.
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One also finds it sad when people do not take care of their health. EFL teachers have no excuse for not keeping healthy and exercising at least 45 - 60 minutes a day - as we generally only work 20 hours max a week, and have plenty of free time. Absolutely no excuse. And most EFL 'teachers' overseas are not married, so they have even more time than the average person.

If Dara Torres, at age 40, can reach the Olympic Games, and take care of her child, while juggling with other pursuits, then we (EFL teachers) should also do something about our state of health. Being lazy is not a virtue.

It is sinister to let your body deteriorate by being sedentary and abusing it (the body) with alcohol day after day. That is the real sinister thing. The human body was not meant to be sedentary, nor was it meant to ingest vast quantities of alcohol - or vast quantitites of anything else, for that matter.

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tarte tatin



Joined: 02 Mar 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Three threads on this topic is really too much Ghost. Start a thread on the Korean forum why don't you? Plenty of tubby waygooks over there for you to lecture.
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justme



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They grow up so quick! Here's what Ender has to say about these health-related topics:

http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/ender2222007/?action=view&current=May2007035.flv
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tarte tatin



Joined: 02 Mar 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ender sums it up beautifully! Very Happy

Actually I have never met Ghost but he is a bit intriguing. I think he might be a really bland regular guy who has just developed this online persona, (namely someone with chronic Aspergers syndrome), to stir things up a bit!

It's okay in small doses but as I said Ghost go play on the other forum for a while. BTW I am currently munching Turkish Delight yum yum.
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yaramaz



Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've met ghost. He stayed in our lojman about 4 years ago, in Kayseri. We offered hospitality and kindness, some food and drink, and honest information about our school and our lives in Turkey. I'm rather baffled as to why he is returning the favour with lecturing and criticism. I am neither obese nor overweight nor unfit. Hell, I just ran up the 5 flights of stairs at Nayah last night to go dancing with my friends. Should I have swum there somehow? Should I start running triathlons? Shall I start working at Berlitz?!?

Ghost, wtf??????
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yaramaz



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just read the article and realised what I am doing wrong... I need to hire people to do everything for me!

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She hired a team of experts to facilitate her comeback: two physical therapists; two masseurs; a strength coach; a nanny; a sprinting coach; a head coach. She special-orders food from an organic company in Tampa.
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