Imperial Troopers and Servants of the Lord: A Vision of TESOL for the 21st Century

I arrived at my first TEFL job, in Jordan in 1969, as a callow volunteer with the advice of my United Nations Association adviser ringing in my ears: Don't get drawn into discussions of politics or religion. In the event, however, and with the exception of football (soccer) and the validity of contemporary Hollywood representations of U.S. women, my teacher-trainee students and I seemed to talk about little else: The issues