yusharathbone

Is the idea of 'starting wearing purple for you now' originally a Gogol Bordello trope? I have heard it referenced elsewhere and wondered whether it originated with you and other people were just giving you cred, or it's a cultural phenomenon that I was unaware of...

Thanks for doing the AMA, and please never stop playing gigs, they are honestly the craziest, best, most heartfelt concerts I have ever been to. Cheers!!

Thankyou, great reply. As a recent IB student, I can attest to the esprit de coeur. It was those strong relationships with my teachers and the at-times challenging nature of the work that made my Baccalaureate a point of pride.

A friend of mine worked at Zakho University (NW near the border with Turkey) teaching English; his impressions of his time there weren't great, mostly based around a complete lack of social life; a) how are you finding this aspect in particular?

b) Furthermore, are you making an effort to learn Kurdish? Do you speak Arabic already, and if so, do you use that?

c) Do you stray beyond Kurdistan territory? Have you ever been to Mosul or Kirkuk, or have you been warned against it by Kurds due to the increasing violence?

Cheers for the AMA, we need more insights of this sort, and especially from this region which in my experience tends to be misunderstood.

Edit: P.S. Have you ever been to the German Bar in Erbil? I had the pleasure of playing there and was interested to see the collection of a variety of ex-pats from 'the west' working as contractors etc.; do you fit into this community/is it one you are aware of?

Do you think that the widespread use of professional essay-writers (if it is indeed widespread) goes some way to mask systemic pedagogical failings in your context?

Could you elaborate anecdotally on any of these, given your claim to long-standing relationships with certain clients?

This is surely the most intriguing part of the subject; why do people seek to remedy academic problems using a service so clearly censured by academia, and with concurrent risks? You are clearly conscientious (/business-minded) about your approach to aiding students using your service to stay undiscovered; but there must be others like you who are less scrupulous? Have you heard any horror stories from within 'the industry' (if it exists as such network-wise)?