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hardworkinghippy
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hardworkinghippy
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
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hardworkinghippy
Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 1110 Location: Bourrou South West France
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Thanks Treacodactyl,
For three years I taught English for agriculture and tourisme. But I felt it was a waste of time to teach outdoor skills to adults in a classrom, so I persuaded the college to let me run courses at our farm.
So, for the past three years I've had groups here - and our objective is to help people who want to be in the countryside understand how they can make a living and let them see how we run our place.
Fabrice, my boyfriend works with me. At the moment we run just two residential "English weeks" and at the same time we take time out to show the students how to erect stock fencing, self-build using natural materials, manage agricultural buildings, look after animals (goats, sheep, pigs, chickens etc.), handle paperwork, grow and preserve food, use the internet. the basics of agricultural machinery machinery, green tourism, renewable energy...
It's great fun, and the students are happy, the college is happy and I actually get paid for doing something I love! |
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hardworkinghippy
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tahir
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hardworkinghippy
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