Teaching in the GCC
Life in May
Life at the University… There are 3 more weeks left to this semester. It’s been an interesting time at the University. Changes to program entrance requirements have seen a flood of students leave the foundation program. My class of 20 is now at 8. Teaching small numbers like this is great because it allows more personalized ...
4 Months Later…
It’s been four months to the day since my last post and plenty has happened. Part of the reason for my absence has been a technical difficulty I had with the blog that kept from logging in for almost 2 months. By the time I got it fixed I was out of the habit of ...
Jet-lag and Adjusting to the New Life
I’ve been back from Korea for about a week now. Last week was tough due to 20 hours of flight time in 3 days. I arrived back in Doha at 5am after doing a presentation at KOTESOL in Seoul and taught later that day at 2pm. The weekend was a welcome break as it allowed ...
Zen and the art of Dissertation Maintenance
It’s Eid in the sandbox. Things have been pretty hectic this semester. I’m teaching a new course in a new department. Back in September I interviewed for an administrative position where I work. I didn’t get the job. I was fairly pissed when it happened, a cocktail of disappointment with not getting one job and ...
In Between The Spaces
Plenty has happened since I wrote in June. Got another contract and after a nice break and I’m now back in the sandbox as people like to call it over here. I finished my sixth paper, just got the grade back and I passed. I am now officially into my dissertation. There’s something like 150+ new ...
I’m Sorry Sir, but You’ll Have to Wait…
I actually started this entry a couple of weeks ago. It took a few moments for me to realize just exactly what I was writing about… I went into Aspetar to get my MRI and the receptionist told me there’d be a delay. He apologized, explaining that the clinic had tried unsuccessfully to call me twice ...