Editor,
Before I got a paid teaching position as an ESL teacher for adults, I volunteered. I arrived to meet my class, all male Jamaican recently-arrived new Canadians. I greeted them by telling them that I was a volunteer teacher and if I performed well I may get a paid position. They asked what a volunteer was and I explained working for no pay. They thought that was a crazy idea but I assured them it was a ‘foot in the door’ to paid work. I ended up teaching ESL for the TDSB for more than 20 years.
Barbara Rosen, Meaford
