Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

HERE’S WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

The English Teacher wishes you a prosperous 2009! As tradition wants it, something new. I am glad to announce my makeover, after weeks of switching and swapping templates, here we finally have the end result.
A special thanks to Kay for making all this happen and for putting up with me LOL to all my readers [...]

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Partner site

Today we are going to have some German lessons, not by me though but by my colleague, friend and business partner Kirsten it also happens to be her birthday too, Happy Birthday Kirsten! As you can see on the right-hand side bar I have a partner site www.deutschhappen.com
There are infact three of us in this [...]

Monday, September 1st, 2008

BOOK REVIEW

Lily King’s second novel is called THE ENGLISH TEACHER, and that’s what her main character, Vida Avery, is. And that’s about all Vida is; it’s her whole identity, what she’s built her life on. Fifteen years ago, Vida came to Fayer, an island off the coast of Maine, pregnant and with a terrible secret trailing [...]

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

THE ENGLISH TEACHER

This novel, dedicated to Narayan’s wife Rajam it’s not only autobiographical but also poignant in its intensity of feeling. The story is a series of experiences in the life of Krishna, an English teacher, and his quest towards achieving inner peace and self-development.
 
Plot summary
As an English teacher at Albert Mission College, Krishna has led a [...]

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

WELCOME TO THE ENGLISH TEACHER…

…and if you’ve come this far thanks for taking interest…
“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”

Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens

 

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