Gareth Morris is an English teacher in Brisbane
for over five years, but he has previously been teaching in Japan and Taiwan. He is from Shrewsbury (United Kingdom), the same town
where Charles Darwin was born. Probably if Evolutionary Theory explained the
capacity to survive of the humankind depending on the rate of happyness Gareth will
be adapted to Brisbane. His love is shared among this city, his
girlfriend, sports, and open spaces.
Q. Along
your experience as a teacher, could you tell me where the students more
disciplined are from?
A. Japanese are
the most hardworking students. They always do their homework before the
following class. If you have a look here (library) you will see most of students' nationalities are from Japan. That´s the best indicative.
Q. What´s
the biggest handicap you have found to teach English?
A. Grammar and
vocab is always difficult to be taught, above all in the lowest levels of
English.
Q. Shrewsbury, Tokyo, Taipei, Brisbane... What’s your favourite city to live?
A. I choose
Brisbane, because of its lifestyle, the quality of the weather, the opportunities to do
outdoor activities or the simple fact of breathing fresh air.
Q. Tell me,
which romantic place or places of Brisbane would you recommend to the
newcomers?
A. The Cliffs in Kangarro Point, next to the riverfront, are an ideal place for a picnic with
champaigne and smart cheese.
Q. Do you
prefer Australian or British gastronomy? (Suggest a Restaurant of Brisbane)
A. Australian
cuisine is more modern than British.
It´s a fussion of Asian and Western style cookery, which I like more. Tukka* is my favourite restaurant. It´s located at West End. In Tukka you can eat Australian and native food, for example, emu, cocodrile, kangaroo, berrish, seeds...
It´s a fussion of Asian and Western style cookery, which I like more. Tukka* is my favourite restaurant. It´s located at West End. In Tukka you can eat Australian and native food, for example, emu, cocodrile, kangaroo, berrish, seeds...
*Tukka is a
distorsion of “tucker”, which means food in Australian slang.
Q. Human being tends to associate cities with smells and sounds. What sounds Brisbane to?
A. For me the
sound of Brisbane is the sound of the wild animals like the possums and kookaburras.
Q. What´s the most you love about Australia?
A.
Q. Which 5
adjectives describe better an Australian?
A. Lucky,
noisy, agressive, accepting and funny.
Q. Why
would you stay in Australia?
A. My
girlfriend -she was the main reason to travel to Australia- and the high quality of
life are enough reasons to stay here.
Q. Why
would you leave Australia?
A. If any member of my family got sick I would come back home obviously.
Recommendation to newcomer students
Get outside
and leave your residence, go to the beach, do barbies, explore new natural
places...
There are many pending places to be known.
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