: About Me

I have been an English teacher (English as a Second Language) for the last three years in Bratislava, Slovakia. I have traveled all over central Europe during my stay. I can write about:
travel
life as an ex-pat
teaching English
European perspectives

I have worked in:
a library (page)
a law firm (legal secretary)
city government
non-profit organizations
a consulting firm
language schools

As a result, I can:
type
think
research
write
edit
meet deadlines
understand different perspectives
teach

Things I love:
writing (I write in order to live)
making books by hand (the feel of paper under my fingers)
reading (lost in a good book)
cities (the hum of life ever present in a lively city)
cats (sweetness and ferocity in a furry package)
travel (the thrill of seeing new places)
jazz (be-bebop, scat, swing)
movies (lost in a good story)

My passion is ...

making books by hand . . . and writing

I know too much about ...

old buildings

My childhood ambition ...

to be a DJ

My favorite memory ...

going with my Dad to the restaurant where on his day off, and eating peppermint ice cream he told me he had made

Why I write ...

it helps me understand everything

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

QBVII by Leon Uris; House, M.D.; Radio Swiss Jazz

My first job ...

Page in a library

My inspiration ...

John Steinbeck

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How to Teach English Abroad There is a great demand for English teachers in the former Eastern bloc countries, countries where English was not widely known for the forty years following World War II. With the rise in multi-national corporations, many of which have English as the company's "official" language, many employees in their twenties, thirties and forties are offered English classes. I have been teaching English in Bratislava (the capital of the Slovak Republic, one-third of the former Czechoslovakia) for three years, and it has been exciting, demanding, worthwhile, stimulating, ch...

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