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So furious I could puke.
Really? You think it's okay to slap your wife if she's been nagging you for hours? Really? Men are a suppressed entity in our society who are being compelled to forfeit their masculinity at the hands of their female suppressors? Really? You're a white, heterosexual, christian male living in the USA and pulling in 60+ grand per year ( Read more... ) -
I love my job!
So I just finished grading my exams and here are the bar none best answers of the month.
In third place from a High Basic student we have, as advice to a friend who doesn't have enough money to get back to Peru: He should to prepare a sandwiches and sell it in the aeroport.
In second place from a Pre-Intermediate Module 1 student we have, as advice ( Read more... ) -
Hmm...'their' vs 'his/her'
I recently got into a facebook fight with one of my aquaintences from highschool over the apropriateness of using 'their' as a gender neutral possesive adjective for the third person singular. According to the grammar text I use to teach ESL/TOEFL, 'their' has been an acceptable gender neutral alternative to 'his or her' since at least 2003 ( Read more... ) -
Wow, so...Peru. Flist, could use some help.
So...I got the job in Peru. Whoo yay me!
However, it's come to my attention that if I ever want to return to the US afterward, I will need to have had the Yellow Fever vaccination, and indeed it would be a good idea to get vaccinated before I leave.
This presents a problem.
About two years ago, I had a pretty severe case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It ( Read more... ) -
double!fail
So, not only do I have laryngitis, but I've got a staph infection in my tattoo. In four more days I'll know if it's MRSA or not.
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Living abroad = need help!
So I recently moved to Costa Rica, only to discover that I'm not able to watch full episodes online because of my geographical location.
Erm...any thoughts?
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ohmigodohmigodohmigod!!!
I can hardly believe it, but in thirteen hours, I am leaving for Costa Rica, and I don't know when I'm comming back. I've got the apartment all set up there, transportation from the airport to the language school set up, lesson plans written, text books purchased...
Holy fucking crap, I'm actually doing this.
