Taking the Province by Storm
  Making sure an ESL program works:
  From buses to bagels, ask Mary Lou!
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Mary Lou O'Hara
Mary Lou O'Hara
Coordinating the month-long program

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Storming Downtown Halifax

Q-Tips' Tales
~ Nicole Bergeron ~ Josée Déraps ~
~ Nathalie Drouin ~ Claire Dubuc ~
~ Louise Girard ~ Lucie Grégoire ~
~ Lucie Lapierre ~ Francine Paquet ~
~ Christine Paré ~ Ada Perreault ~
~ Annie Racine ~ Guylaine Robitaille ~
~ Sonia Ruel ~ Dany St. Hilaire ~
~ Monique Venne ~

* Their Instructors' Tales
~ Maria Desjardins ~ Leta L.-Malone ~
~ Maurice Michaud ~ Mary Lou O'Hara ~

About Mary Lou

Residence
Stillwater Lake (Halifax)

E-Mail
E-mailbox Link Send Mary Lou a message.

Hobbies
Breaking her leg on occasion (to get extra time off from work) and/or enjoying a good bottle of wine.

Favorite Saying
"You are kidding, right?""

Memory of the 1997 Program
Hearing more about hard bagels than I ever cared to know.

Q-Tip Distinction
The Queen of the Question Word Award
 Who complained about breakfast? How many will be out for the weekend? Who is crying? What did you do? Where are those girls who aren't in class? Why do I work here? When will this end?
 

 
Mary Lou O'Hara
The Never-Ending Bagel Saga
Stylized What's for breakfast? Of course, #%$*! bagels again! For the first week and a bit, everyone seemed to be o.k. with the continental breakfast (juice, coffee & tea, assorted pastries, fruit and bagels. But then one morning, the smell of bacon and eggs teased everyones senses. That's when all hell broke loose!

"Why can't we have a hot breakfast? Are we second class citizens?" Not so far as I was concerned!

These were some of the questions I was asked via Maurice. After many phone calls and discussions—some a little tense—with our food service staff, I was able to negotiate a hot breakfast every other day. I assumed everyone was happy with this change in menu as I heard no other (well-founded) complaints.

I hope your experiences here in Nova Scotia have been as rewarding for you as mine has been in meeting all of you. Please keep in touch and "spread the word" about our program here at MSVU.

Take care!

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