Clanger

I know it riles some of the two or three readers of this site when I refer to stuff written by applicants, but sometimes what they write deserves to ridiculed, in my opinion (which is what this site is all about)… In one of today’s, then, was this: “I have spent fifth-teen months teaching English…”..read more.

Humour Shortage

The below correspondence is a recent reply I wrote to someone who contacted me through this site. His message to me is below mine to him… — [Fname] I know there are thousands of wealthy people in London who want a tutor, but hardly any of them need (or want) a full time tutor who..read more.

Dumb Question

I received the following question today: “I am an experienced teacher but do not have experience of the advertised test.  I would like to know if you will accept an application from someone with no direct experience of these tests.” [The lack of question mark is copied from the enquirer.] The tests in question are..read more.

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