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pencilead · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 30 Location: Saudi Arabia

a team player is someone who agrees with the status quo.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I agree

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pencilead · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 30 Location: Saudi Arabia

Team players are people who will always agree, nod vigorously and polish, polish, polish!

redsoxman · Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 51

I am considering an offer from U of Q as well as HCT. Has anyone had experience of both places? Which place is better?

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I have only had direct experience with HCT, but even with its warts, I'd say that I would definitely choose it over QU. I think QU's problems are probably overblown here as commonly happens, but HCT is more predictable as to its pros and cons... and life in the Emirates is much better than Doha.

JMHO

VS

redsoxman · Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 51

I read you VS. The UAE sounds like a more ineresting place so I'll opt for that. Sounds like there's a lot to do in the UAE from what I read about it. I guess I'll try this wadi-bashing thing. Sounds exciting.

The thing that really turned me off U of Q was Celtababe's rejection.
The lady asked some questions that were relevant to her personal situ & for her honesty she got turned down. I was wondering about the so-called spying system that keeps being referred to. That's one thing that bugs me a lot. Did they match Celtababe's application to her questions? Her rejection makes me wonder. Anyway, your input made me go in the direction I was heading towards. I hope Celtababe found something that suits her. I hope HCT suits me. Hope it's not a cesspool.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

It's not a cesspool at all, but it also isn't a paradise spa. Cool

VS

redsoxman · Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 51

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Now I know I have made the right decision to go to HCT.

Turtles
Turtles
Turtles all the way down

There certainly seems to be some truth in that.

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" I first read the phrase "Turtles All the Way Down" in a book by Stephen Hawking. According to the story, a bigname scientist was giving a lecture on astronomy. After the lecture, an elderly lady came up and told the scientist that he had it all wrong. 'The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist asked "And what is the turtle standing on?"
To which the lady triumphantly replied: "You're very clever, young man, but it's no use -- it's turtles all the way down."

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I've asked several people what they think this story means, and everyone seems to have a slightly different take on it.

To me, it is a reminder that most scientific fact is really hypothesis that has not been disproven, and there is always the possibility that maybe the old lady is right.

Here are some web pages that have very little in common except that they include the phrase "Turtles all the way down."

Symbolic Modeling
A Gateway to Jungian Psychology
O'Donnell Lecture
The Scheme Underground Web System
A Quarter-Century of Methodist Theology
Cretinism or Evilution
Review of A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME.
The Biblical Creation Society
Hypertext '96 notes
Glenn Vanderburg's Quotes
Past Lives, Constructivism, and Quantum Theory
Learning Organizations
Annotations to Terry Pratchett's SMALL GODS
Cognitive Linguistics
A Way to Describe and Evaluate Thought Experiments
Reality Ain't What It Used To Be
Slow Threats
Developing Your Personal Genius "Demon"
Ontological P*tons
Quarks -- It's Turtles All The Way Down
Our Picture of the Universe - by Stephen Hawking
Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa
Space, The Final Frontier

Home

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bje · Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 527

I sincerely hope you're not destined for my branch of the HCT. We have enough complete nutters already...

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

You think all the nutters should be in Saudi ? Qatar should take its fair share too !

bje · Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 527

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I think all the Gulf States should take a proportionate share of nutters and loonies

In the interests of proportional redistribution we are sending some surplus teachers to Qatar, UAE and Oman.

squareandfair · Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 43

bje - You've clearly missed something. I gather you're not the curious interested type. The 'Turtles' quote was threaded on another topic which was sent into cyberspace for reasons unknown or best known to the people in charge. redsoxman asked what 'Turtles' meant and someone told him to look it up. He did. I, probably like many others, found it very interesting. I take it you don't have a philosophical bent. The best teachers tend to be philosophic and perceptive. I don't know redsoxman but from what he's written, I don't think he's a nutter. Having worked at HCT, I've met my share of nutters - some are actually very nice people- I am sure they are out there everywhere - even at U of Q - there's one bad egg that I know of - maybe they have their nutters too. Nutters run rampant in ESL institutions. So just because someone is a deep and wants to know things, you don't have to call him a nutter. People who have enquiring minds make good teachers. Or perhaps you call people like that nutters, too?

Good luck to redsoxman - he's probably made the right decision to work at HCT. It's not a bad place, as well you know, and the UAE is a fabulous country with some amazing places. Why don't you check out some of the turtles sites, bje? Might make you a little less dogmatic and judgmental.
People have to make decisions they can live with. I decided not to pursue my application at U of Q for personal reasons. So redsoxman's chosen HCT. Good for him. If you meet him, you might find you like him. He's sounds like a perceptive type.