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Born... April 1984
Formative years spent...in peaceful Brittany,
France, pretending to be a strict primary school teacher to her brother using a
miniature blackboard.
Mind honed at...Lycee of Quimper (Literary Baccalaureate)
followed by University of Le Mans (B.A. English Literature, Language and Civilization).
First student...September 2004 teaching French
to two sisters, aged five and seven, and supervising their homework.
Since then has taught...French to over 50 students
between the ages of 7 and 50; these students have included dyslexic children, teenagers
preparing for high-pressure exams (13+, GCSE and A-level) as well as adults wanting
to improve their conversational skills.
She's also...taught French and English to foreign
cyclists coming to France to race (of British, American, Australian and Polish nationalities);
been an au-pair in London for a year; been a French Foreign Language Assistant in
two secondary schools in the borough of Richmond.
What else...Shirley has taken up cycling to
try and tackle the effects of a particularly strong passion for food and wine. She
is a stickler for spelling, has acquired a certificate in Counselling Skills from
Birkbeck University, and is always keen to plan and arrange her next travelling
destinations.
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