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Thanks for the info on TEFL for non-native speakers. I have a good friend whose English is excellent, including grammar and written English. He's currently not working and this might be the perfect thing for him.

Now, let's be nice. For a lot of people this isn't the job for them, but for someone who isn't too busy and lives in the area, it just might be ideal.

Our school is closed tomorrow. Over 200 students currently sick with several confirmed cases of AH1N1. Another school not far away was closed as well, but two nearby schools don't seem to be having a big problem. Interesting. Difficult to know what is going on.

This has to do with the state of the country in general and in education in particular. First, if you are going to force people to teach a subject which they are not qualified to teach, don't complain. If you don't like it, then start training them.

They did the same with English years back. People were just assigned to teach English, even though they knew nothing about the language. I think this was when they first lowered the grade level from G. 6 to G. 1 (I think, or maybe G. 3), for starting English instruction.

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My condolences to the family.

At our school there have been 3 confirmed cases of A(H1N1), with a lot of suspected cases. The administration tried to keep it quiet, but we have a good nurse, who refused. She's in a little trouble. Someone from the Public Health Ministry was called and showed up. One class has been shut down and all students in that class have been sent home for several days.

We have teachers who are going on visa runs (Laos) and they were instructed not to return to the school for 7 days after returning from Laos. I don't know if this applies to Cambodia. As a matter of fact I don't know if this applies to other schools. Since these are new teachers, they don't sick leave yet, but the Dr. from the ministry instructed the Administration to pay them, which they said they would do.

We also have several teachers out sick. They were told to stay home until fully recovered.

I wish the government was more open and honest about where the virus is and how fast it is spreading. A lot of people I know are scared of it. More scared than they need to be and some are doing silly things that won't protect them while doing things that are dangerous.

We had 11 students in the high school sent to the doctor today with Flu like symptoms. Five were in one class alone. This was just in the High School program. I have no idea if the other programs had any.

We should find out tomorrow or Friday what it is. Up until today absences have run about a normal rate.

If places take precautions they can prevent large cluster outbreaks. In schools, where even the most stringent health measures are likely to be unsuccessful, every effort should be made to slow the transmission and minimize the impact.