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  • Fluent in English, German, Greek (modern); learning French
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Language teaching and research
  • PhD Scientific Discourse Analysis
  • From Glasgow
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To get to know more people in the area...

ABOUT ME

Just moved back to the UK after 7 years in Germany. Originally from Glasgow, Scotland now working as language teacher for the University of York. Also lived and worked as an English teacher in Italy, Poland and Greece. Travelled widely in Europe, Asia, north Africa and central America.

PHILOSOPHY

Be positive and outgoing, other people are what is important in life so listen more than you speak and always be curious. Don't try to control things too much, especially if they are running against you. Do what you can then change your focus and work on something that gives you pleasure. Always have something you can look forward to, but remember too that the secret of a more lasting happiness is to get lost in the rhythms of a life lived rather than expected. And when it comes to truth, what is true is only what is useful to you. So embrace difference and never let your philosophy harden into dogma.

Interests

My passions in life are, in no particular order: ultralight backpacking, mountain climbing, camping, running, trail-running, travelling, victoriana, playing guitar, song-writing, watching films, socialising, travelling in Greece, travel-writing, letter writing, linguistics, learning languages, archaeology, ancient history, geology, discovering new music, telling stories.

  • writing
  • literature
  • running
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • rock climbing
  • teaching
  • geology
  • history
  • languages
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Koyanisquatsi, City of God, El Laberentino del Fauno, Loss of Sexual Innocence, The Secrets in their Eyes, Anything with Bill Murray post 1995, Green Wing, Campus, Spaced, Eddie Izzard, Lolita, Hemmingway, Krakauer, Dos Passos, La Nausea

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have experienced both an earthquake (6 Richter, 143 people killed) and a tornado.

I have spent 6 weeks in the Alps with less than 5 kilos of equipment, climbing mountains every day from 8 in the morning to 8 at night.

I have also spent a week living naked with an anarchist community in sand dunes of a Libyan sea island.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English language, linguistics, philosophy, Literature, TEFL, creative writing, guitar, ultralight backpacking.

Learn: German, Greek, archaeology.

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