Articles tagged ‘Humor’
These Are A Few (More) Of My Favorite Things
By Katie | December 17th, 2007 |
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It’s that time of year again, and before I get too caught up in the nitty gritty details of it all, I’d like to wish my readers and fellow bloggers a happy holiday season. Probably feeling that I’d overdosed on cynicism, I compiled the initial report on my favorite things about teaching. For [...]
Thoughts On A Job Post #13
By Katie | October 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
What follows is a real email I received; while I have twelve past posts with real questions and comments on real job ads, note that THIS IS VERY CLEARLY AN EMAIL SCAM, AND MY COMMENTS ARE SARCASTIC and/or satirical in nature, and are meant for amusement purposes only. I’m not that naturally funny, so [...]
Vote For TEFL President Here
By Katie | October 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
With all the scandals about, you can trust the TEFL Logue not to do any ballot box stuffing. Cast your vote here!
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Campaign For TEFL President Takes A Surprising Turn
By Katie | October 27th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
As you are probably well aware, two well-known TEFL bloggers are neck in neck in the race for TEFL President: Alex Case of TEFLtastic (find his platform here at the TEFL Logue) and Sandy of TEFLtrade. I secretly made Sandy a deal: let me post his manifesto here and I would defect from my [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: October 13
By Katie | October 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
“If I could teach English to anybody, living or dead, my choice would be… ” get the results at Notes From The TEFL Graveyard. (Sadly, missing deadlines as I do, I missed my opportunity to vote here as well. For the record, I’d chose Mother Teresa. I haven’t been to Albania yet but [...]
It’s A TEFL Election Year And TEFLtastic Is Running: When I Am TEFL President, By Alex Case
By Katie | October 11th, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I’m proud to have the opportunity to announce the candidacy of one of “our own” for TEFL President - Alex Case of Tefl.net’s TEFLtastic blog. He was kind enough to outline his platform for the TEFL Logue (and free massages are involved … who knew TEFLtastic was that kind of blog?!). I don’t [...]
101 Uses For Spam In Class
By Katie | October 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been fortunate to receive some spam with hilarious subjects in the last few months. I don’t actually open the email, but how can you not love “Free laptop, Katie [email address]” “Free lemon soda for Katie” and best of all “aggregator peanut butter banana bread”.
I came across a marvelous suggestion for spam once: [...]
Bizarro Moments In TEFL, The Sequel
By Katie | September 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Due to the popularity of the first odd moments in TEFL post, I’m back with yet another. I’ll admit that it is not really specific to the classroom, but it is hard to imagine it happening in some other context.
One of the few things Sarajevo lacks is good Chinese food (unfortunately I complain a [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: September 13
By Katie | September 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
EFL Geek is back from vacation with a great example of why NOT to rely on electronic translators or even dictionaries too much. Hint: which is correct - “My favorite color is aquamarine” or “My favorite color is sodomy”?
Are people using English at the expense of Hindi in India?
One take on why English language [...]
Making Fun Of Students
By Katie | September 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Do ESL teachers make fun of their students?
No, of course not! Mainly though because they tend not to make mistakes that are all that funny…I’ll admit it does seem pretty mean to make fun of people learning your language, including those very ones you are responsible for teaching. Better to ask your colleagues [...]
