Quaker Oats has announced the new name for its “Aunt Jemima” products in response to criticism that was levied at the brand for featuring a racist stereotype of a Black woman. The name “Aunt Jemima” and the picture of a Black woman shown on the packaging, based on a former […]
How do you fancy teaching English in the sunshine? A few weeks over in Italy or Mexico or somewhere else nice and hot, teaching in the morning then changing into your swimwear to grade homework while you lie on the beach? Sorry to burst your bubble, but the idyll of […]
Another story today of someone who lost a healthy lot of money by paying an agent to find them work… and the agent did nothing. In today’s Guardian news paper is the sobering story of a teacher who paid £320 ($503 USD, €398) to an agency called ESL Job Finder […]
Anyone who has taught English abroad knows that TEFL is a fantastic way to travel and experience life in different countries. I started teaching three weeks after I graduated from university. I got on a plane and headed off to Spain and the start of an incredible journey which has […]
Diabetes is a medical condition where a person has high blood sugar (glucose) levels. There are 3 types of diabetes (see below) and the incidence of diabetes is increasing significantly in developed countries. It has been described in terms of “epidemic” proportions in the US and since most TEFL teachers […]