Category Archives: Work

Snowpocalypse Now

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Cora

Today was another clear and fairly sunny day, though if the weather forecasts are to be believed, the next snowpocalypse will be hitting us tomorrow. Here, it will start snowing early in the morning, perhaps even during the night (though … Continue reading →

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Stuff Kids Say

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Cora

At school today, my students talked about St. Nicholas Day and the treats and presents they got. I told them that Kinder Surprise eggs were banned in the US, which completely boggled their minds. One boy: “You mean, guns are … Continue reading →

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Judging Books by their Covers

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Cora

It’s still snowing, though no longer quite as cold as before. And of course my heater had to have a failure in the middle of the night (I have a nifty system that sends me a fax to inform me … Continue reading →

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Of Turkeys and Teen Drama

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Cora

Last night’s snow didn’t even last until morning. By the time I got up, it was all gone except for a few stubborn remnants on the neighbour’s roof. The internet, it seems, has pretty much shut down thanks to the … Continue reading →

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Machine Translation

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Cora

While checking my stats, I noticed that the visits to my site had gone up sharply over the weekend and that several visitors had googled my full name. Now that could’ve been anyone, an old classmate, distant relative, estranged friend, … Continue reading →

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Teaching Writing

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Cora

I’ve been lobbying for creative writing classes at almost every place I taught, whether at university or high school level. Partly this is because I love writing and I love teaching writing. Besides, I also believe that creative writing can … Continue reading →

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A Day on the Town

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Cora

Since I didn’t have any classes today, I finally got around to picking up my certified translator diploma. I already passed the exam in late September, but since I work at a school and the office where I had to … Continue reading →

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Kids and Creativity

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Cora

My class went very well today. Several kids were ill or just plain didn’t show up, plus one had to leave early because of a family party or some such thing. So we were a very small group. And – … Continue reading →

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Meandering Randomisity

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Cora

Between translation work and school preparation, I don’t have the focus for a deep and meaningful post, so here is some random five-things type rambling instead. Except that I only have three things, not five. First of all, my stats … Continue reading →

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Star Wars, Gender and Kids

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Cora

Now that my troublesome class decided to behave for once, one of my not-troublesome classes decided to act up instead. I guess just one relatively quiet week is too much to hope for. What is more, tonight was the monthly … Continue reading →

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