This is a wonderful way to travel and live abroad. TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. I have recently started a course. I am enjoying the wonders of the English language. As a native speaker I am finding much of the course quite straight forward and a relaxation after my tussles with Russian. However it is not all plain sailing as it is amazing how many topics were never taught to me in school, In my usual enthusiastic way I have almost completed the grammar module having only begun it on August 8th !! I used to think that multiple choice questions were a cop out, but now know that they can be very testing. I am learning online with TEFL.org.uk. In Britain there are many immigrants and so there is plenty of scope for teaching in this country. Doing this can make a big difference in someone's life, the difference between a menial job and a satisfying one. Being the teacher can also be most satisfying.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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