Woodsy Retired
Australian expat in Vietnam
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Registration: 16 December 2025
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Am I really a bad teacher? Or is something up? by Noelwastaken
Hi everyone, I'm back with more questions about living and working here as an expat.I just got a message from my new boss, telling me I have to observe one of my coworker's classes tonight after I'm done teaching, because one of the schools were not ...
More ignorant rubbish. OMG 馃く馃く馃く馃く馃く Read More
Am I really a bad teacher? Or is something up? by Noelwastaken
Hi everyone, I'm back with more questions about living and working here as an expat.I just got a message from my new boss, telling me I have to observe one of my coworker's classes tonight after I'm done teaching, because one of the schools were not ...
How ignorant you are Fred. You just ignored what I said. Carry on being ignorant!! Read More
Am I really a bad teacher? Or is something up? by Noelwastaken
Hi everyone, I'm back with more questions about living and working here as an expat.I just got a message from my new boss, telling me I have to observe one of my coworker's classes tonight after I'm done teaching, because one of the schools were not ...
And further Fred, your suggestion that dialects of the State should be a barrier to EL teaching is, again, making mewonder how much you really understand about the craft of EL teaching.An essential element of being a good EL teacher is the ... Read More
Am I really a bad teacher? Or is something up? by Noelwastaken
Hi everyone, I'm back with more questions about living and working here as an expat.I just got a message from my new boss, telling me I have to observe one of my coworker's classes tonight after I'm done teaching, because one of the schools were not ...
Oh, don't mean to be rude, but I find your last paragraph to be complete nonsense. To suggest that one can't be a successful EL Teacher without that working knowledge is, well, not really having a grasp of being an EL Teacher.i taught for 7 years ... Read More
Retired Aussie Fart in Tam Dao by Woodsy Retired
Hi all 馃榿Well, it's damn great to back home in Viet Nam 馃コ馃コ馃コ馃コ Lived here for 7 years before (2005 ~ 2012). And once divorce happened in Oz, it was an easy life choice to return permanently to Viet Nam ...
Thanx OB 馃槈 I'm an ignorant bugger... what's TRC? Read More
Retired Aussie Fart in Tam Dao by Woodsy Retired
Hi all 馃榿Well, it's damn great to back home in Viet Nam 馃コ馃コ馃コ馃コ Lived here for 7 years before (2005 ~ 2012). And once divorce happened in Oz, it was an easy life choice to return permanently to Viet Nam ...
Shite. But don't need it really. As an ex ESL Teacher here for many years, I learned to communicate without the language. A lot of charades-type communication 馃槈 Read More
Retired Aussie Fart in Tam Dao
Hi all 馃榿Well, it's damn great to back home in Viet Nam 馃コ馃コ馃コ馃コ Lived here for 7 years before (2005 ~ 2012). And once divorce happened in Oz, it was an easy life choice to return permanently to Viet Nam ... Read More