Hey everyone! It's been a while and I've fallen being on whats being going on here on Chalkboard but decided I need to get back into the swing of things so here I am!   Looks like there are a few new faces kicking about in the August Intern group which is good to see! Welcome!   Right where to start?! I suddenly woke up this morning in a panic as I realised there is...

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Just had first 2 of my immunisations (Heb A&B part 1 and Typhoid) with the rest coming over the next month I guess... fun fun fun!   I've been away from the site for the last few weeks due to... laziness I suppose. For some reason as soon as I finished work and moved back to Shrewsbury I've found it very hard to be motivated to do anything at all but today decided that has to stop...

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That’s Unpossible!   Well it’s what... 3 weeks? since my last update and to be honest not much has changed.... I was told today that my contract has been extended for another month but I told them I can’t do it. I’ve asked for just an extra week which will give me some extra spending money.   This will probably be a long post as I have some random recourses that I think are worth...

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... and I woke up hung over and bald this morning!   I'm going to start doing periodic blog updates relating to how my learning and travel plans are going. Not sure if anyone is interested but it's a good way for me to keep motivated and also keep an eye on progress (or lack of!).   Here are the things I'm going to keep an eye on:   TIME LEFT: 121 Days! Internship still...

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...via a load of other places!   I mentioned it before and I've had a couple people ask about my travel plans so here we go! I've been looking into doing some travelling before starting this internship in China and also have had to give a bit of thought about how I would be getting to Beijing for the 24th and here's what I've come up with! July: East EuropeAugust: Russia September: China Back in 2006 a friend and...

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…unless your being weird. My god how am I meant to be teaching others how to deal with English when I can barely get my head around it myself! ——– Well I’ve just started looking over the TEFL course and I’m struggling to dredge up the English lessons from school. I mean it’s just one of those things, you learn all about adjectives, verbs, nouns, pro-nouns and all that jazz, pass your GCSE English and then...

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