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Getting Better at the Tech
Today’s Perfect Moment is getting a better handle on the technology I have to employ in my new role as online teacher. However, I would be remiss if I didn’t say that today’s bike ride really should also win the … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, challenges, co-workers, cycling, cycling gear, cycling shoes, ESL, obstacles, online, overcome, perfect moment, teaching, work, working from home
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
I awoke with the morning sun blasting through my window and my cat sitting on my shoulder. When I opened my eyes, he merely said “Meow.” Luckily I speak Cat and I knew he wanted to be fed. A quick … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, cat, coffee, ESL, perfect moment, preparation, relaxation, students, sun, sunrise, teaching, work, working from home
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Stating the Obvious
Some of the time, perhaps much of the time, I celebrate the obscure in this blog. That makes sense to me. I see myself as the artist who sees the world through a different lens. A bit pompous, a bit … Continue reading
The Future is Coming
As I get over the hump in another week of online teaching, I have had some time to reflect and wonder what will come of all this. I don’t mean the virus and the impact prolonged social distancing will have. … Continue reading
Posted in adapting, adversity, advice, computers, ESL, homework, networking, online, perfect moment, students, teaching, technology, telecommuting, work, working from home
Tagged adjusting to the new normal, adjustments, ESL, future, hump day, online, social distancing, teaching, technology, telecommuting, working from home
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Hearing the Final Bell
I find it funny that even when my teaching day goes well, I am so relieved…..glad…ecstatic when it is over. Today was just such a day. I did a good job teaching and I used my free time well both … Continue reading
Misfits’ Christmas
The coworkers that I like and I found ourselves with a few extra moments to gab yesterday. This doesn’t happen much because our schedules are not synched together very well. Also, since the start of the union drive and subsequent … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Christmas, co-workers, complaints, compliments, conversation, ESL, networking, perfect moment, teaching, time, work
Tagged complaining, discussions, ESL, ESL teachers, finding time to talk, grumbling, life, talks with coworkers, teaching, time
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Lost and Found
The other day I lost my lunch bag. Then I lost or misplaced my textbooks for the course I was teaching and then I couldn’t find another book I often use and was thinking I would need it. I tried … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, books, co-workers, ESL, hard work, mistakes, optimism, teaching, work
Tagged coworkers, EC, ESL, grammar, lost and found, teaching, textbooks, Toronto
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When There Are No More Forks
There is something strange at my workplace. As I write this, I feel the slight stab of irony. There are lots of strange things at my workplace, but that is de rigueur for a band of ESL teachers. Nonetheless, there … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, co-workers, ESL, teaching, utensils, work
Tagged accidental, cutlery, disappearance, ESL, forks, knives, office, spoons, teachers, thief, utensils, workplace
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