TEFL Retirement

I will be entering early blogging retirement…as of this post. The TEFL Logue itself will remain here, but I will no longer be posting.

I’m not out of ideas. I still enjoy writing and have a lot to say about TEFL, but there comes a point in many pursuits where the cons just outweigh the pros. I have written a lot here – just over 1000 posts and 7 “pages” (see above) in about 17 months. My experience and knowledge are not that extensive, but I’ve worked hard to make posts that I felt were more than just words filling web space.

Writing and blogging are both pretty solitary, and I have especially appreciated comments from readers. Thanks. To those who have provided links to and positive feedback on my work: thanks to you too! More valuable to me than traffic is the knowledge that others I “know” from the blogosphere and respect find my work here worthwhile enough to read.

To all those of you with blogs – I know where to find you! Others can of course leave a comment here if they’d like to get in touch, or email me. I would certainly be happy to check in here every once in a while if anyone has left a question specifically for me.

It’s been nice sharing the blogosphere with you!


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Larry Ferlazzo | January 24th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
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Katie,

Sorry to see you go. Your insights will be missed. Let me know if you’re ever in Northern California.

Larry

EFL Geek | January 25th, 2008 at 3:43 am
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Sorry to see you go. Hope you reconsider and like the phoenix rise from the ashes to write again.

EFL Geek: ESL & EFL in Korea | January 25th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
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Goodbye Katie…

Katie of TEFLLogue is packing up her blogging chalk. I'll miss her blogging as she was very prolific and always writing on relevant topics. I particularly enjoyed the entries where she compiled links from various blogs (including many that I don&a…

David V. | January 26th, 2008 at 5:21 am
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I’m a recent convert but already a big fan. Good luck with all your future endeavours.

TEFL Logue is now on the new but expanding ELT World Wiki:

http://elt.wikia.com/wiki/TEFL_logue

Feel free to edit!

James Webber | January 26th, 2008 at 7:57 am
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Katie

Big Best Wishes for the ELT World…
(got reading your blogs/writing quite recently)

Katie | January 26th, 2008 at 11:05 am
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Thanks for the nice words, everyone!

I’m not teaching at the moment, and while I’m not out of ideas, a break from blogging and web stuff is probably in order.

Thanks for the wiki entry on the TEFL Logue, David! It will be both interesting and a little nerve-wracking to see what people add.

Good luck with your work and/or blogging to all of you!

TESall.com | January 26th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
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We’re going to miss you! You were one of our Top Ten TEFL People for 2007:

http://www.tesall.com/international/viewtopic.php?t=3214

We also crowned TEFL Logue our blog of the year for 2007:

http://www.tesall.com/international/viewtopic.php?t=3215

As you know, we frequently link to your entries from our main-page news service. We’re going to have to search longer and harder for quality links as a result of your departure.

Good luck in the future!

Jake | January 26th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
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It’s been nice sharing the blogosphere with you too Katie. Good luck to you in whatever the future holds. Please get in touch if you’re ever traveling in southern Turkey.

Guy Courchesne | January 27th, 2008 at 5:08 am
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Katie, you’re like a supernova. You’ve made an enormous splash in the online EFL world, and now you’re gone. I have only some song lyrics to share to sum it up.

A very good friend of mine
Told me something the other day
I’d like to pass it on to you,
Cause I believe what he said to be true
He said:
We’re here for a good time
Not a long time (not a long time)
So have a good time
The sun can’t shine everyday
And the sun is shinin,
In this rainy city,
And the sun is shinin,
Ooh isn’t a pity?
That every year has it’s share of tears,
Every now and then it’s gotta rain

And the sun is shinin,
In this rainy city,
And the sun is shinin,
Ooh isn’t a pity?
That every year has it’s share of tears,
Every now and then it’s gotta rain

Katie | January 27th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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You guys are too nice. Song lyrics?! Wow. And anything with “Nova” in it has kind of a funny connection to EFL!

Thanks and take care…

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[…] TEFL bloggers is calling it quits and taking an early blogger retirement. Katie of TEFLogue is moving on to new and interesting things. The TEFL News Network wishes here a lot of luck in her future […]

Alex Case | January 29th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
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What? Where did that come from?? Noooooooooooo!

Parisgirl | January 31st, 2008 at 12:05 am
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Hey Katie: Sorry to see you go, and thanks for your comments also - so much appreciated. It’s been a while since I visited your site - and feel bummed to catch you on the last day - it’s not like TV when you can pick up the reruns, is it? Good luck in your next project.

David D. | February 8th, 2008 at 8:10 am
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Katie,

You will leave a big “hole” in both my TEFL heart and EFL Classroom 2.0’s main page. Your blog feed has been a mainstay there and from the get go, I saw the intelligence, integrity and work ethic you showed there. You’ll be missed.

Please drop in at EFL Classroom 2.0 from time to time and say hello. I know how you feel about the pluses and minuses of “blogging”. But what you’ve achieved will always be there for teachers and it is a super reference.

David
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

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