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JacksonFive's
Free Weekly "Path2English" Newsletter
Issue: 43         "Savvy e-Surfing"         April 22, 2001
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Dear Reader,

    Last week, I sent out a "Wanted Ad." to JacksonFive readers.
    Immediately, I was "inundated" with emails.(def: flooded, filled
    beyond capacity) I was getting 40-60 emails a day regarding this
    "teacher assistant" opening at the school.

    The quality of the interested candidates was also very high. I had
    "applicants" with teaching degree and even a professor from China.
    (def: people who apply) Actually, I did receive many emails from
    overseas interested in the position, but "amusingly" also asking me
    where Taichung was ^_^ (def: in a funny way) I also had one reader
    who is, I believe, in Canada. She mentioned she is returning soon
    and ask that I wait for her. There were just so many interested
    people that I'm sorry if I wasn't able to reply to each and every
    one of you.

    However, truly, I'm moved by the "overwhelming" response and strong
    "outpour" of interest! (def1: too powerful to resist, def2:
    appearance): Though I haven't personally met the majority of you,
    this strong response is a true testament for the JacksonFive
    Family. Don't you think so?
  (641K MP3 recording,
    http://home.pchome.com.tw/education/path2english/MP3-043-01.mp3
    or http://www.path2english.com/Reference/MP3-043-01.mp3) 

    I know most of you replied because you truly believed in the
    "JacksonFive Teaching Style" and would like to be in a "creative
    environment that promotes personal growth".

    Honestly, I don't know why I didn't think of offering this position
    to our JacksonFive Family sooner? I had tried the "104 Job Bank"
    and advertising in the local newspaper with disappointing results.
    The people that came just didn't have the "understanding of our
    teaching philosophy" that I needed. The understanding and
    "rapport" that comes from reading JacksonFive Newsletters (def: a
    good relation that is based on mutual understanding or trust).
    Each and every one of you knows what we stand for here at
    JacksonFive. For any successful team, having a common goal is very
    important.
  (396K MP3 recording,
    http://home.pchome.com.tw/education/path2english/MP3-043-02.mp3
    or http://www.path2english.com/Reference/MP3-043-02.mp3) 

    "So who was the successful candidate?" you ask. Her name is Joyce
    and she has been a fellow reader for about a year. She is a
    graduate of the Taiwan National University in Foreign Languages and
    Literature (English and Japanese). She comes to us with experience
    as the personal secretary to the GM of a famous five star hotel in
    Taichung. I was initially worried whether she was over qualified
    for this position, but she said something that changed my mind.
    She mentioned that she has been a long time reader and she believes
    in our teaching spirit. She also said, just last year, she was
    telling herself it would be great to work at JacksonFive (I wonder
    which issue she just read ^_^) so when the opportunity came she
    took it.
  (414K MP3 recording,
    http://home.pchome.com.tw/education/path2english/MP3-043-03.mp3
    or http://www.path2english.com/Reference/MP3-043-03.mp3) 

    She has been at the school now for three days and we have been very
    pleased with her. We look forward to her contributions to making
    our school even better. Welcome Joyce to being a valued member of
    our JacksonFive Team!

    For those that haven't visited us yet, don't "despair"! (def: give
    up hope) With the steady growth of our school, we will add one to
    two more people to our JacksonFive Team over the next few months.
    If you have a "minimum" level of English and would like being a
    future member of our JacksonFive Team, please don't hesitate to
    email me your resume. If you also have computer graphics, POP,
    and/or web design skills; it would also be a plus.
  (456K MP3 recording,
    http://home.pchome.com.tw/education/path2english/MP3-043-04.mp3
    or http://www.path2english.com/Reference/MP3-043-04.mp3) 

                                                      See you in the next issue!
                                                      JacksonFive

THIS ISSUE's FEATURED TOPIC:

    "Savvy e-Surfing"

  Website Resources:
  1) http://www.word123.com/ A great online dictionary to quickly
      find the translation for English words that troubles you.

  2) http://clickz.com/article/cz.3744.html A great piece of narrative
      writing you can read and learn. Not just useful for learning
      English.

  3) http://whatis.techtarget.com/ A great online resource for finding
      information on computer/technical jargons.

  4) http://www.send4fun.com/dwcard/dwcard1p.htm A great card trick.
      Can you tell me how it works?

NEXT ISSUES's FEATURED TOPIC:

    "Seeing is believing"

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