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Ask for help > I need you help again)))
I need you help again)))
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liza_xxx93
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I need you help again)))
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How would you call a young teacher who has just graduated from a university and started his teaching career? Would it be impolite to call him "GREEN"? |
22 Dec 2012
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ncech
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I would consider green impolite..How about fledgling, novice or rookie.?
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22 Dec 2012
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Pauline Burke MSc
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I would consider green impolite as well. There are sayings in Ireland "green as cabbage" and "I am not as green as I am cabbage looking".
How about "first-year teacher" or "postgraduate teacher". Why do you have to label people anyway? A teacher is a teacher! |
22 Dec 2012
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liza_xxx93
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No, I �m talking abot myself)))) (I need to write about my first years at school) I didn �t mean to offend anybody. |
22 Dec 2012
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cunliffe
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Then I would use �novice�. If you are writing about silly mistakes you made, you could label yourself �green �, or �wet behind the ears. � just for your info, a first year teacher in England is referred to as a newly qualified teacher, shortened to NQT.
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22 Dec 2012
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liza_xxx93
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Thank you for all your help)))
You are very supportive!
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22 Dec 2012
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ueslteacher
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how about a rookie?:) http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/rookie
Sophia |
22 Dec 2012
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EstherLee76
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I like novice and rookie. I would use "green" too but I �m from New York and we �re very sarcastic. You might want to avoid it. |
22 Dec 2012
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