Praha '08

Dobry den! I've decided to write about each of the characters in my TEFL course. I hope by doing this, one will be able to imagine the bizarre atmosphere I took part of while learning how to teach. Please don't blame me if I'm a bad teacher. My inability to teach is due to the the strange TEFL environment I learned in...which produced even stranger results. But, at least I can write a concise lesson plan now. I am able to regurgitate and regenerate the sample lessons which were given to us by our teacher, Terry. I will begin speaking about those that lived with me in Hotel Pivovar. More specifically I will begin speaking about Ben Fairbank, Corey Ross, Maurice O' Hanlon, and Edwina Yeng Yeng Hui. I will attempt to illustrate an accurate description of each individual. I am open for suggestions for your individual profiles, from those of you who took part in the TEFL Worldwide Prague program during the winter of 2008. The character profiles will be organized into several acts usually preformed by the character at hand. Now, I've just begun to scratch the surface of the character of Mr. Benjamin Fairbank. Let us now revisit it.

The Clock Tower, Old Town I spent many hours wandering around old town during the holidays with two of my best friends. Maurice O' Hanlon from Kerry, Ireland and Edwina (wean-a) Hui from Singapore. We ate a lot of sausage and drank a lot of mulled wine while we perused the Christmas boutiques. They had a manger with horses, lambs, and goats and traditional Czech dancing during the Christmas season. Photo: Edwina Hui and Maurice O' Hanlon

Ahoy! Jak se mate? Wow, Praha…it is one helleva capital. I want you all to know that you don’t need to worry about a famine in Prague. It will never happen because there will NEVER be a shortage of sausage or potatoes. I love food. I was in the wrong place during the wrong time however; the beer was both cheap and good. Now that I have successfully obtained a beer belly, I could leave the god-forsaken country. I lived in a hotel called the Hotel Brewery. It was a two star hotel. I don't know who rates the hotels but, I'd hate to see the one star hotels and I cannot begin to imagine the hotels without any stars. While in Prague my flat mate, Benjamin Fairbank, was from Connecticut. He just graduated with a degree in History from Skidmore...he's a piece of work. :) He still owes me money.