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A Tale of Two Teachers

We went to have lunch with one of Mei’s closest friends recently. There I met a lady who, after 2 years training in the early 80’s had been teaching English in high school. I soon became aware that she really didn’t have all that good a... ...full story at Lost Laowai

from Lost Laowai on Thu, Sep 13 2007

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