A Hero's Journey: Robin Turner at TEDxYouth@BLIS

Robin Turner was born in Shropshire, England. After studying music and English at Leeds University, he spent the 1980s playing music and doing odd jobs before drifting into academia. Since 1993, he has been teaching English and academic skills at Bilkent University, and is also part of the Bilkent Educational Technology Support group (BETS). In addition to teaching, he does translation, editing and television work for various individuals and organizations. He has written on a variety of subjects, including popular culture, cognitive linguistics and education.

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[RobinTurner]

Just had another look at this last night. Glad I've lost that belly since then!