On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:46:20 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Mike Raiford escribió:
>> Don't know what grades you taught, but teaching is one of those jobs
>> that's very hard, and is getting more and more difficult every day. My
>> wife is a teacher, and I admire her for what she does. I don't have the
>> patience to be a school teacher, and I have very little tolerance for
>> bad behavior and general disrespect, I suspect I would definitely not
>> be suited for the job.
> 
> I know somebody who is teaching English as a second language in South
> Korea. To 5-year-old kids. How much patience does *that* need...

My brother teaches ESL to kids (and adults) of all ages in Osaka - he 
says there are days, and then there are *days*.

Jim

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