[johnengteach]

yes it's a strange mixiture of many feelings Curran! As you said indeed it's fascinating-teaching in India provided when one gets desired results. when one does not get the desired results it's a completely different feeling one gets. I have teaching Enlgish in one of the tough regions of India. What I feel is that the linguists and the grammarians are not doing enough to make the English easy. Imagine teaching the students who have learned the English alphabet in tenth year and going on to answering after just six years, on George Orwell or AG Gardiner. You and Riverkid seem to work in an ideal conditions in terms of class room ambience. Where as here we have work in compromising conditions. Want more about such things? Please let me know.