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All I wanted to do was take a quick look at Mr D Sperling's jobs forum. We are all aware of the post-9/11 scenario, but isn't this a little excessive? And no, I am not, have never been and never intend to be a member of the TEFL Liberation Front.

The second part of the last item seems a little redundant, considering it's a jobs forum, where, presumably, the principle objective is finding employment.

What does he keep in there that requires such clandestine information gathering...?

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El Gringo Vasco said…
was that to take a look at the forum or post on the forum?

I understood that one must register to post but not to browse.
6 October 2007 at 14:02
M C Ward said…
In reality, I found out that someone had reached my blog from said forum. When I tried to follow the link, Mr Sperling asked me to tell him my life story. Strange, because I have no jobs to offer anybody...
6 October 2007 at 15:25
Anonymous said…
I registered to make a comment, writing "and obviously I haven't included my address because I think that is a bit excessive" and still got on.

The other odd thing is, why does Rave Spelling use yahoo- surely he should have his own eslcafe email address, being the Overlord of the TEFL Internet and all...

TEFLtastic blog- www.tefl.net/alexcase
11 October 2007 at 21:11
M C Ward said…
I thought the use of yahoo a tad unprofessional also. It reminds one of dodgy emails from Dr. G. Macdonald of Burkina Faso offering 10% of a multi-million dollar BACS payment...
12 October 2007 at 00:17
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