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dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I just thought, maybe the title should be famous ex-EFL teachers.

How many can you name. Of the top of my head I believe rowlings(of Harry potter fame) and tony Parsons used to be EFL teachers. Can anyone add to the list?

khmerhit · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:03 pm Post subject:

There is a boring British novelist in Italy, but I forget his name.
Didnt George W. Bush teach english in Morocco?

I think Capergirl is going to be famous. Where is she? How come the posts that she starts flourish while mine drop away?

khmerhit Wink

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I know how you feel khmerhit. Maybe some are just born to greatness.

gsbcn08080 · Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 73

Sting the singer taught English in Spain for a while.
James Joyce was an English teacher in Italy ( or so I read in his biography)

Gonzo · Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 80

One of my students told me Jiang Zemin, former Chinese leader, once taught English at his highschool. Famous or what?

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

RE. JK Rowlings--some teachers that I used to work with in Prague moved on to Portugal, where apparently they taught at the same school as Ms. Harry Potter. Years later, but still, imagine sitting in the same room, using the same materials... WOW! A brush with greatness.

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curveegrrl · Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 39 Location: Utsunomiya, Japan

I'm best friends with Britney Spears. Does that count?

Phil_b · Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 239 Location: Back in London

I think Paul Theroux (travel writer) was an ELT.....

johnslat · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:35 pm Post subject: Earthly Powers

Then there's Anthony Burgess, who taught English at Birmingham University and Banbury Grammar School in England before going to teach
in Malaysia and Brunei.
Regards,
John

Marcoregano · Joined: 19 May 2003 Posts: 872 Location: Hong Kong

Also Barry Unsworth, who taught English in Greece and Italy while honing his skills as a writer. He won the Booker prize with Sacred Hunger about 10 or 15 years ago.

khmerhit · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:49 am Post subject:

curveegirl revealed

Shaman · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 446 Location: Hammertown

How about out there? Anyone aiming to become a famous ex-EFL teacher?

Shaman

Capergirl · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:03 am Post subject:

James_T_Kirk · Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 357 Location: Ten Forward

johnslat · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:01 pm Post subject: Doctor, doctor

Dear James_T_Kirk,

Sorry Captain:

"THE new husband of J K Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter children's books, has not yet decided whether to resume his medical career after his secret marriage to one of Britain's richest women.

Dr Neil Murray, 30, married the author on Boxing Day (2001) at their recently purchased Scottish home in a ceremony attended by 15 close family and friends.

The anaesthetist resigned from his pounds 32,000-a-year post as a senior house officer at St John's Hospital, Livingstone, after meeting J K Rowling and has no immediate plans to resume his career, according to friends of the couple.

He is expected to accompany his wife as she travels the world to promote her writing career, which has already amassed her a pounds 220 million fortune."

And the marriage is still going strong, according to all reports. Looks like Dr. McCoy (aka Bones) would have had a better chance.
Regards,
John