Category Archives: Helping Out

How The Everyday Language Learner is helping make the world a bit of a nicer place to live.

Prepare To Be Challenged To Stop Stealing Dreams

Tweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politicsA little over a year ago I came across an article in a Turkish newspaper about the plight of teachers in Turkey, nearly 80% of whom have debt.  The focus of the article was this financial burden, but what struck me, what shocked me in fact was the last statistic located near the end of…

World Aids Day: Together We Can Make A Difference

Tweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politicsToday is December 1, 2011.  Just another Thursday for most of us, the week after Thanksgiving and three weeks before Christmas.  It is the holiday season.   Today though I would like to do something different.  Today, I want to write my blog in RED.  It may be a bit more difficult to read. It…

The Catcher in the Rye

Tweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politicsAnyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all.   Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me.  And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody…

2011 Calendars at the Central Asia Institute

Tweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politicsAs a way to give back, I have decided to work to support the Central Asia Institute (CAI).  You can read a bit more about this , but I wanted to take a moment today to point you to the new 2011 CAI calendar.  I know it’s already almost April, but here is what the…

Introducing: The Everyday Language Learner

Tweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politicsIf you are a first time visitor to The Everyday Language Learner, I want to welcome you and take a moment to give you a quick tour.  That’s me in the picture with my wife and two kiddos.  We’re everyday language learners as well and I have created The Everyday Language Learner blog as a site dedicated…