Category Archives: Teaching English

Uno Palabra?

I have just arrived (early) to a lesson. I thought I’d take this chance and do some writing. It’s been some time since I wrote a blog. The time is 17:30. There are many reasons for this, mainly I didn’t … Continue reading

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An Immigrant Abroad

Do you know what I have learnt about South America? It’s full of immigrants who came over here to look for food. Humanity has bad a nomadic lifestyle, they have gone to where the food or money was. They came … Continue reading

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Life as ‘Professor de Ingles’

There can’t be many native British English teachers of Kashmiri decent in South America? Now I mentioned British English, because American English is well-known, but British English is more exotic and students have said that they prefer the sound of … Continue reading

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The Elusive Brazilian work Visa…

It is now 4 months to the day that I have been in Rio. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting, one thing I do know that it has been better than what my life would have been in London. … Continue reading

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Another Brick in the Wall.

The time is 2:30pm and I have just come back from UPA, the Brazilian Free social health service. I got there at 8:30 am… In one of my lasts posts I felt sorry for the locals, because I was given … Continue reading

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Now, I don’t want to Get my hopes Up, BUT…..

I wasn’t sure if I wanting to write this down, but I have been thinking a lot about it…. So here’s the lowdown with getting work as a Gringo (foreigner) in Brazil:- You can only stay here on a Tourist … Continue reading

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