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| Where are you working now? |
| Africa |
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2% |
[ 1 ] |
| China |
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17% |
[ 8 ] |
| North America |
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21% |
[ 10 ] |
| Oceania |
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2% |
[ 1 ] |
| South/Central America |
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4% |
[ 2 ] |
| Far East |
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8% |
[ 4 ] |
| Southeast Asia |
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15% |
[ 7 ] |
| The Middle East |
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10% |
[ 5 ] |
| Europe |
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17% |
[ 8 ] |
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Cole Katz
Joined: 15 Jan 2012
Posts: 15
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 Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:44 am Post subject: Where are you? |
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Seeing the poll about where we all are from, I thought it would be interesting to have one about where we teach. I will include the larger, most 'popular' countries and general regions to save space.
Please include a message if you wish to specify your city and country, or would like to tell us more about your current stint. It might also be fun to tell where you'd rather be...or should we save that for another poll?
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Posts: 12844
Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| Glad I'm not in Russia. No category. |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Posts: 11061
Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| I suppose 'Eurasia' would fully cover it, but I'm happy enough clicking Europe to describe my location. |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 1520
Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in Mexico, which is in neither Central nor South America, so there was no place for me to click. |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 9650
Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Isla Guapa wrote: |
| I'm in Mexico, which is in neither Central nor South America, so there was no place for me to click. |
Mexico is in North America of course...not that anyone in Mexico believes it though. |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 1520
Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Isla Guapa wrote: |
| I'm in Mexico, which is in neither Central nor South America, so there was no place for me to click. |
Mexico is in North America of course...not that anyone in Mexico believes it though. |
I knew that when I posted my response, but since it's a geographic, not a cultural category, it didn't seem to apply to this survey. Mexicans usually think that a norteamericano is from the US or, possibly, Canada. I wonder if they learn that in school . . . |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 9650
Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Speaking of what we learn in school, and a question we've asked here before, how many continents are there? |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Posts: 11061
Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe seven is the official answer to that question, but there never seems to be a lot of agreement. |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 1520
Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Sashadroogie wrote: |
| I believe seven is the official answer to that question, but there never seems to be a lot of agreement. |
That's what I learned in school many aeons ago, but perhaps by now there's been a change in the official number.  |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Posts: 11061
Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Could be so. Culture constructs which define what is and isn't a continent change much faster than plate tectonics : ) |
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MotherF
Joined: 07 Jun 2010
Posts: 1450
Location: 17�48'N 97�46'W
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Seven? or Three point fourteen?
I also haven't voted because like Isla Guapa I pondered--well I'm in North America--but not like most people would think... I'm closer to Mexico's southern boarder, so I could choose Central America--but that's not really right... |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 9650
Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I've had the division described to me here in Mexico as North America ending on a straight line drawn east to west just below Mexico City. Latin America (which of course isn't a continent) begins below it. |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 1520
Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| MotherF wrote: |
Seven? or Three point fourteen?
I also haven't voted because like Isla Guapa I pondered--well I'm in North America--but not like most people would think... I'm closer to Mexico's southern boarder, so I could choose Central America--but that's not really right... |
Apart from geographic considerations, the job market and life style for English teachers are quite different in the US/Canada than they are in Mexico. |
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Phil_K
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2041
Location: A World of my Own
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| I've had the division described to me here in Mexico as North America ending on a straight line drawn east to west just below Mexico City. Latin America (which of course isn't a continent) begins below it. |
I've also heard that anything east of the Straits of Tehuantepec is in Central America, due to the shared (Maya) culture.
Interestingly, the ignorance about Mexico's location is widespread outside Mexico. Almost all the UK travel operators I've had contact with have Mexico on the Central America tab on their websites.
Also, at the end of Robbie Williams' concert in the Foro Sol, he announced, "I hope to be back in South America soon!"... and I'm thinking, "Well, we won't see you then, will we!"
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bridgetc
Joined: 14 Nov 2007
Posts: 23
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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Is North America the highest count because of Mexico? I would assume so! That's where I am, too. Best country in the world (using my own personal definition of "best")  |
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