Teaching in Mexico

I know of a good junior high school in Mexico City that is in need of a native-speaking French teacher for only a few hours a week. The pay is good, but with few hours. Ideal if you’re already here in Mexico City teaching…

Email me at guy@innovative-english.com if you’d like to know more.

From a BBC Story:

NASA astronaut Barbara Morgan, originally a back-up to Christa McAuliffe (who lost her life in the Challenger disaster of 1986), fulfilled a two-decade promise to put a teacher in space and link up with students on earth.

From the ISS, she spoke to an audience of hundreds of yougsters packed into the Discovery Center of Idaho in Boise, US, less than 160km (100 miles) from the elementary school where Morgan taught before joining the astronaut corps.

Asked by one child how being a teacher compared to being an astronaut, Ms Morgan replied: “Astronauts and teachers actually do the same thing.

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As announced on Dave's ESL Cafe, the next TEFLer get together in the big city will be in August of this year.

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