By Marina Guirguis
Since the end of the first semester, David Parker has taken charge of the athletic department due to Mindi Dryer’s resignation from Schutz, cutting her contract short. Originally coming to Schutz in August 2006 as an ESL (English Second Language) teacher in the Elementary Department, David Parker now jumps back and forth between the two positions.
Mr. Parker originally went into school training in agricultural commercial affairs, and he worked as self-employed valuing farm land. When in Cambridge University in London, he took a ten-week course that qualified him to teach English as a Second Language.
David Parker was enlisted in the New Zealand Army, and he was trained in Australia. He jokes, saying his physical education students may have figured that part out by now due to his intense fitness program. If anything he wishes to change about the school, he would like to see his students be more fit and get rid of junk food which drags them down.
His favorite aspect of the school is seeing the progress of the students, mainly those of his ESL class. Most of these students often come into the course at a no-English level finishing the year speaking fluently. “It’s quite a thrill,” David Parker expresses referring to the joy of knowing he has changed a student’s life by teaching him/her to speak the international language.
Prior to moving to Egypt, he lived in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. He most recently worked in Japan in an English language school while his wife, Sue, was teaching in the Tohuku International School in Sendai, Japan. He loves Alexandria for the climate and the beautiful days when the sea looks spectacular with magnificent waves and a cool breeze.
He and his wife, Sue, the second grade teacher, have enjoyed their stay here, but all good things must come to an end. This June, David Parker’s contract will come to terms, and the couple will be leaving. What is next for David Parker? Well, he shared thoughts of possibly moving to China, carrying on what he and his wife do best.
Since the end of the first semester, David Parker has taken charge of the athletic department due to Mindi Dryer’s resignation from Schutz, cutting her contract short. Originally coming to Schutz in August 2006 as an ESL (English Second Language) teacher in the Elementary Department, David Parker now jumps back and forth between the two positions.
Mr. Parker originally went into school training in agricultural commercial affairs, and he worked as self-employed valuing farm land. When in Cambridge University in London, he took a ten-week course that qualified him to teach English as a Second Language.
David Parker was enlisted in the New Zealand Army, and he was trained in Australia. He jokes, saying his physical education students may have figured that part out by now due to his intense fitness program. If anything he wishes to change about the school, he would like to see his students be more fit and get rid of junk food which drags them down.
His favorite aspect of the school is seeing the progress of the students, mainly those of his ESL class. Most of these students often come into the course at a no-English level finishing the year speaking fluently. “It’s quite a thrill,” David Parker expresses referring to the joy of knowing he has changed a student’s life by teaching him/her to speak the international language.
Prior to moving to Egypt, he lived in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. He most recently worked in Japan in an English language school while his wife, Sue, was teaching in the Tohuku International School in Sendai, Japan. He loves Alexandria for the climate and the beautiful days when the sea looks spectacular with magnificent waves and a cool breeze.
He and his wife, Sue, the second grade teacher, have enjoyed their stay here, but all good things must come to an end. This June, David Parker’s contract will come to terms, and the couple will be leaving. What is next for David Parker? Well, he shared thoughts of possibly moving to China, carrying on what he and his wife do best.
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