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A Moment Away from the Class
If you’ve never done it, and by it I mean teaching, you might not identify with all aspects of it. You might understand the joy of getting through to that notoriously difficult or rather uninspired student. It’s happened in enough … Continue reading
Posted in class, confidence, conflict resolution, confrontation, ESL, lessons, online, perfect moment, students, teaching
Tagged a moment away, anger, camera, classroom, Covid 19, difficult, ESL, eye rolling, frustration, learning, microphone, microsoft teams, online, students, teaching, uncooperative
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A Bad Moment at the Gas Station
With my vacation report finished, I need to write about something rather serious. The events which I am going to describe happened on Monday evening. Normally I am not too fussed about exact dates because I am reporting about something … Continue reading
Posted in anger, confrontation, danger, ettiquette, free stuff, news, perfect moment, racism
Tagged arguments, bad behaviour, bad manners, car wash, Covid 19, free, free car wash, gas station, misinformation, paranoia, people treating others badly, prejudice, racism, shouting, stupidity
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Taking It All In Stride
I was asked to Substitute on Thursday. Then the person requested a change and asked me to substitute Tuesday. On Monday, the person asked me to wait and see, only to come back later and say, maybe it could be … Continue reading
Posted in adapting, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, confidence, conflict resolution, confrontation, decisions, patience, problem solving, problems, relationships, relaxation, starting a blog
Tagged best of blogs, dealing with it, decision making, gems, patience, relaxing, taking it easy, taking it in stride, unearthed gems
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A Novel Way to Catch Some Shuteye
If you sit in the teacher’s room, you might think that the students’ goals, besides learning, are to frustrate and confuse the teacher. The truth is, more often than not, I really think they are trying to entertain me. If … Continue reading
Posted in adversity, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, characters, class, confrontation, entertainment, ESL, netflix, sleep, students, teaching
Tagged binge watching, break time, breaks, catching a few zzz's, coat, ESL, eye roll, learning, netflix, paltry, pillow, series, shrug, shuteye, sleep, sleeping, smidgen, students, suffocation risk, tad, teaching
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The Full Brunt of Karma, In This lifetime or the Next
I remember not being overly kind (read childishly cruel) to the substitute teachers in my life. Childishly cruel is probably better described as bratty or disdainful or angsty or some other word that explains the eye rolling and defiant attitude … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, atmosphere, coffee, confrontation, culture, education, ESL, happiness, hard work, humor, humour, international, motivation, students, teaching
Tagged ESL, karma, life, students, teaching
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While Walking to the Subway
I don’t have a perfect moment today, but rather a weird one. I hope my dozen or so readers won’t be annoyed by this. I expect the perfect moment to return tomorrow. Then again, who knows what the universe has … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, confrontation, homeless, Yonge and Eglinton
Tagged begging, confusion, Eglinton, hamburger, Harveys, homeless, incident, Yonge
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