June 14, 2009
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Goodbye Lunch at Nizwa College
Today, there was a goodbye lunch for the teachers leaving Nizwa College of Applied Sciences. The Dean, Dr Abdullah Al Toobi, officially thanked all of us and gave us a small gift.
I will miss Nizwa College a lot. And my wonderful Omani students! When I arrived in September 2006, the project of changing the language of instruction from Arabic to English had only been going on for a year and there were lot of teething problems. Also, the college had just been reassigned to be a soft sciences college from a BEd college.
There have been quite a few changes since then. If I compare my students' ability to analyse and discuss issues in an essay from three years ago and now, there is definitely a difference. Also, Internet speed has gone from almost zero to normal broadband, so students are becoming much more Internet savvy - something I'm obviously happy about, having been the e-Learning Coordinator for the last year.
Six of us English teachers are leaving: me, Jeremy, Lucy, Nathan, Alexis and Heather.
Here's Jeremy...
Lucy...
Nathan...
Alexis and Heather have already left, so they couldn't attend. After the short ceremony of saying thank you, we all had lunch together.
It was a happy occasion, but also a bit nostalgic. This was the room where we all met in when I first arrived (along with 14 other new English teachers) in Nizwa in September 2006. For my post from that time, click here.
Well, today was not my last day at the college. I've still got three weeks to go before flying to Europe on 2 July for my summer break.
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Will you teach again in September?
@spinksy - Yes, I'll be teaching English at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Fujairah, UAE. Actually, I'm already starting my new job in mid-August.
That was a nice send-off. I'm sure you will be missed. It's exciting to get the chance to change up and see new things. I look forward to seeing all of the places you'll photograph!
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