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Pikgitina



Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: KSA

PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Laughing Laughing Sure we can! Just some healthy debatin'! And for some of us - at least for me - this is a new debate. I only finished high school 12 years ago. In those 12 years, however, I got the CELTA, DELTA and an MA (brand new) Cool.

It must be a major pain in the arse to go through this time and again I'm sure, but it will probably always be around as new (and young/younger) teachers join the board and/or go and work in Gulfia Very Happy. Then, in 30 years' time, some of us may tell them that this debate has been around since the early 21st century!!! Laughing Laughing Laughing
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johnkg



Joined: 06 Feb 2009
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pikgitina wrote:
And for some of us - at least for me - this is a new debate. I only finished high school 12 years ago.

It must be a major pain in the arse to go through this time and again


Here! Here! I like this discussion too.

It is amusing though how some posters are fed up with a topic but cannot stop themselves posting something just to tell others they are fed up with reading what others are writing. There must be a name for this - CIMRD perhaps (Compulsive I Must Reply Disorder).....

.... or...... Laughing
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johnslat



Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear johnkg,
And then, of course, there would be the associated CIMRRD; Compulsive I Must Reply to the Repliers Disorder.
Or, as this post illustrates, the CIMRRWRRD - Compulsive I Must Reply to the Repliers Who Replied to the Repliers Disorder.
Should you choose to reply to this post, yet another abbreviation will be born.
This way lies madness.
Regards,
John
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed



Joined: 22 Oct 2004
Posts: 3500
Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's madness, I tells ya, MADNESS!!!

NCTBA
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veiledsentiments



Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA

PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK OK... I'll stop egging them on, but they just can't help themselves... and it is so easy. Cool Buh bye fer now...

VS
(Hey Pik... In 12 years you never entered a faculty lounge? Good thinking on your part. Laughing)
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johnkg



Joined: 06 Feb 2009
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr Merryweather: Madness, I tells ya. Madness.
Prof Steinlager: Doctor?
Dr Merryweather: The clearest case of ETAMP I've seen.
Prof Steinlager: Pardon moi?
Dr Merryweather: Everyone's Talking About Me Paranoia
Prof Steinlager: Seal the hatches and warn the WHO. There could be an outbreak.
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wintermute2



Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 42
Location: US, soon to be in the UAE

PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

...and the "beat" (a dead horse) goes on! Laughing ...VS is absitively right that teaching is an Art and not a Science...do not know much about CERTS adn DELTS (mine being waaayy out of shape) but a Masters can take a couple of years and can be as hands on as you want it to be...as Mr. Spock opined "...each according to their gifts..." ...as with anything, you can skate through and learning nothing, or be engaged (...ah, Jean-Luc, how I miss you!) and learn muchly...smiling often and openly at VS and johnkg for wit and wisdom...thank you...and as to faculty lounges?...Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid!!! Cool
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Pikgitina



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

veiledsentiments wrote:
(Hey Pik... In 12 years you never entered a faculty lounge? Good thinking on your part. Laughing)


Laughing Sure I did. And staff canteens. Attention and discussion were mostly centred on food, the weekend and the upcoming holiday. Cool Good times!
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flyingcarpet



Joined: 01 Aug 2009
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where is the advert for this 5 week contract? Are they still recruiting?
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed



Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Man! Are you too late! Those shifts started in June and ended in July...

NCTBA
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homeless vet



Joined: 01 Apr 2009
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Splitting Hairs wrote:
Brown Sauce ( are you HP?)
The problem is that, in the UAE they want 'nurses' with a doctor's qualifications. Even worse, some of these 'nurses' think they're better than the doctors!

If you have a baby - you want a doctor as far away as possible as he has the theory but hasn't got a clue how to deliver or interact with the mother hence you need a Midwife - someone who knows the theory, has learnt how to apply and is is preffered by all except the doctor who is only needed in emergencies - thank god some you have a diploma. MA and CELTA combined.


Au contraire. Having given birth to two sons, I want multiple doctors, including the anesthesiologist. An epidural beats that breathing stuff any day.
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kiefer



Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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including the anesthesiologist


The lengths some people go to for a propo shot.
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veiledsentiments



Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Appears to have the possibility of curing all one's ills in one fell swoop... Shocked

VS
(welcome back Kiefer... hope you had a good summer!)
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