In 2010 I was still teaching at the American International School in HCMC. Here is the Xmas letter I sent out to friends: Dear Overseas Friend(s) When I sent out my 2009 Xmas encyclical, I was struggling to cope with a deranged boss. Well, he jumped ship last February, before they could sack him, and was replaced by a kindergarten-trained German lady with no previous experience of running a High School. She is a workaholic but directs her energy into some pretty useless channels and is too egotistical to seek advice. However, she is passably competent, which means I am probably saddled with her for as long as I remain at AIS (American International School) – which may be a long long time. My attempts to find employment at another, better, school in Saigon have, for
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