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Message board > it īs so quiet around ESL - are you all on holiday already?
it īs so quiet around ESL - are you all on holiday already?
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elderberrywine
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it īs so quiet around ESL - are you all on holiday already?
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We have four weeks to go ... so come on, make me jealous and tell me you īre all on the beach, in bed all day, working in your gardens, going for day trips with the family or packing for the trip you īre starting tomorrow ..........!!!!!!!!!!!!
I īll continue marking papers, preparing lessons, preparing school activities, dealing with less and less motivated students and end-of-term stress ......!!!!!!!!!!
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15 Jun 2010
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donapeter
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I am not on holiday! Don īt be jealous of me! I was absent for a few days as I am very busy! So.....I am with you! |
15 Jun 2010
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mariamit
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I am not on holiday either. Like Dona, I am extremely busy. In Greece besides a heat wave, we have final exams, so this is a really busy time. Of course, just to make you a little jealous I do go to the beach in the afternoon.  |
15 Jun 2010
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elderberrywine
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heat wave?? We had 12 degrees when I drove to school this morning!!
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15 Jun 2010
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yolprica
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In Spain we are about to start our summer holidays and I am so excited that I can īt think of any other thing. This school year I have been so busy that I haven īt had time for the things I like, so even though we are going through a terrible crisis and our salary has been reduced 7%, I īm going to spend 15 days in the South of Italy (Emalfitana coast).
Best wishes
Yolanda |
15 Jun 2010
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elderberrywine
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magneto, leave for GOOD or for a HOLIDAY? You sound exasperated .... poor you
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15 Jun 2010
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corina2211
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Hello there. Well, I think everybody is still working. I have to work by the end of July at some kind of English Urban camp. As I teach extracurricular English, my schedule is rather irregular. Then I īm going on holidays to my country, Romania :)). I miss everything so much.
Have a nice holiday everybody!!
Hugs from Spain,
Corina |
15 Jun 2010
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magneto
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For good...but that īs not possible...
Oh, well...I guess we still have our beaches...
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15 Jun 2010
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donapeter
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Well, Corina...welcome back home. From 7% to our 25% off!!!! But....the summer is here!! 28 degrees today in Brasov!!! Magneto dear.......... When things are tough I just think about this: there were people who survived the war....Maybe I can survive the crisis. Letīs be strong!!!! The sun will shine on your street after all!!!
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15 Jun 2010
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magneto
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Wise words, Dona...But it īs not just the crisis...
It īs feeling that your governments think you īre stupid and telling you that there īs no money for you, but there īs money for the extravagant tastes and "parties" of the few.
It īs having your Minister of Education "terrorizing" teachers in all sorts of different ways.
It īs having to face the fact that the same laws do not apply for everyone and that, somehow, the "best" laws are those that are not clear and can be interpreted the way the ones in power like each time.
It īs realizing that your union leaders have sold you out and are continuing to do so.
It īs a new scandal getting revealed every day.
It īs seeing people are so scared that all sense of solidarity is lost and they are turning against each other...
...And it īs having to realize how things really work when you īre not even thirty yet - and feeling like you īre a hundred.
Alright, that īs enough depression for a day!...Happy thoughts, people!!! (...Trying to convince myself here...)
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15 Jun 2010
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