M. F. Sawyer = Mark Sawyer.

M. F. Sawyer  
 

M.F. Sawyer.com
Mark Sawyer is an Author, Educator, Technical Writer, Sports Coach, and more.



Mark's ( "M. F.'s") books include:

The Priest Wonho's
Memories of Admiral Yi

and
with Dalia Shah,

Married To Islam





For more about Mark's ("M. F.'s") books, please go to:

www.marksawyerbooks.com
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TEACHING
 
Mark Sawyer has:
  • Taught for nine years in Japan, mostly at the college level. Subjects taught include English conversation, reading, writing, listening comprehension, formal speech, TOEFL and TOEIC, and culture.
  • Taught for five years in Korea at the university level, from Freshman to Graduan to Graduate level. Courses taught included English conversation, writing, reding, beginning and advanced speech, listening comprehension, and others.
  • Taught for nine years in the USA, two at the college and adult level and five with grades 7-12. In the public schools Mark tuaght English/ Language Arts, History/ Social Studies, Business/ Office Education, SAGE (Gifted Education), and Mathematics.
  • Coached many sports for countless seasons.   including American Football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, and cross country.


Technical Writing and Technical Editing:

--Already with majors in English and History and an MBA, after years of teaching overseas and in the USA  Mark completed special certification courses at Bellevue College in Technical Writing and Technical Editing.

--He then worked  as a Technical Writer for Sakson and Taylor at Microsoft from 2001-2002.

--An experienced teacher, a strong graduate from the program, and working as a technical writer at Microsoft, Mark taught Technical Writing at Bellevue College in 2002 and again in 2007.


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Some of Mark's Friends:
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Smiling Tiger

The martial arts used in
The Priest Wonho's
Memories of Admiral Yi
and in the upcoming
The Shiva Paradox
can be found in modern form,
along with superb self-defense instructional DVDs,
at
www.stmarialarts.com

Smiling Tiger Martial Arts
by Tracy's Kenpo
7th Degree Black Belt
Jerry Samuelson

("The best martial arts instructor in the world,"
claims Mark.)
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Curious about things to do in
Seattle?

www.belvaslist.com
is the best website I have found for year around
things to do in and near 
 The Emerald City.
(Belva is the nicest gal in the world,
 and her man Wally a creative wonder.)


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My friend Jay North has great books on
Native American spirituality
Organic Farming (fruits, veggies, and other),
and more.
His books can be found:
here.









 


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Strange but true--Mark has:
Coached Baseball on three continents.
Graduated from professional baseball umpire school in 1981.
Certification as a Teacher of English, History, Business, and up to middle -level Mathematics.
Visited holy places of five of the world's major religions: Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism,  Islam, and Hinduism