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thrifty



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:09 pm    Post subject: Re: TEFLed out Reply with quote
TheLongWayHome wrote:
thrifty wrote:
Try applying for a job in translation when all you have got is, I picked up the language whilst I was TEFLing.

Laughing
And even then only the slang.


No, I speak a foreign language fluently Embarassed
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Henry_Cowell



Joined: 27 May 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thrifty wrote:
50-60 hours a week-you will be doing that in TEFL if you want to make ends meet.

I don't. I bet Stephen doesn't either. Laughing
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thrifty



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Neither do I but you, Stephan and I are at the pinnacle of our TEFL career. Razz
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denise



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
50-60 hours per week in EFL?!?!? Shocked Have I just been really lucky these past 8 years?

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thrifty



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
No, you haven't been lucky because you have been in TEFL.
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Henry_Cowell



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thrifty wrote:
Neither do I but you, Stephan and I are at the pinnacle of our TEFL career. Razz

I don't have a TEFL career. Sorry to burst your bubble.
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thrifty



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was being sarcastic, of course we don't have a TEFL career-there is no such thing.
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goodbye



Joined: 13 Oct 2007
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Let's face it: a lot of jobs can be said to be dead end jobs. I'd like to be a cliche for a moment and point out that one's job is largely what the holder makes of it.
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Henry_Cowell



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
goodbye wrote:
Let's face it: a lot of jobs can be said to be dead end jobs. I'd like to be a cliche for a moment and point out that one's job is largely what the holder makes of it.

Exactly. And dead-end people tend to find themselves in dead-end jobs. Well said!
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thrifty



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
goodbye wrote:
Let's face it: a lot of jobs can be said to be dead end jobs. I'd like to be a cliche for a moment and point out that one's job is largely what the holder makes of it.


Crap. If one was a cleaner what could one make of it or a security guard or a TEFLer?
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Henry_Cowell



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote