With any luck, my next blog post will be to inform you readers (the many thousands of you) what exotic place Jen and I will be moving to next fall. On Thursday (happy Groundhogs day in advance) we will go to the job fair in exciting Iowa and hopefully secure a foreign teaching job by Saturday.
What is Vegas saying about our chances? Most bookies are leaning towards Manila in the Philippines, although Nairobi (Kenya), Bangkok (Thailand), and Shanghai (China) have recently emerged as outside contenders. Curacao (small Caribbean island) has slipped in the rankings as of late, although it is still on the table. South Korea, which looked great in the pre-season, has since dropped completely out of contention. Myanmar and the Pacific island of Rota have suffered similar fates to S. Korea. Of course, there are over 150 schools at the job fair, and an unknown competitor could always emerge.
The only sure thing is that any place we move will have a warmer climate than Denver, and my snowboard will not be needed. (It appears that humans have cleverly located 90% of their population in tropical/subtropical locations). Thus, after this winter, the snowboard is available to the highest bidder. Be warned however that my mad-skills on the board are not for sale.
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Wow - that all sounds really exciting. Too bad you are selling your board though...are you sure you won't need it? You could wear it and then make your students bear you around on it...
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