mirrorbird(23:49:14)
yes, that's what i'm getting at, cleraly you have been prof somewhere.
mirrorbird(23:48:41)
but you're not -- well you wouldn't tell me if you were
Oldchap(23:48:39)
10 years ago in a different city here, I taught English at a university.
Oldchap(23:48:24)
There's an American university here (so clearly I'm not the only foreigner around) but I haven't pursued a teaching position.
mirrorbird(23:48:21)
i see, long-term writing, not the newslfash
Oldchap(23:47:44)
"our man on the ground" No one pursues me as such a resource, and probably for the best, since my focus is less on geopolitics and more on cultural, religious, and historical stuff.
mirrorbird(23:47:33)
i took lil beginners' arabic with a nice Libyan guy. and even at that time his country was suffering. iwas just thinking "how the hell do i join this alef"
mirrorbird(23:46:46)
i hope you could teach there too, but probably not, as the "required foundation" (ahem) and the whole edu base are probably entirely different. fortunately i know nothing. except censorship