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When ESL Teachers Clean Up
I was at work today….really at work, not teaching from a chair in my extra bedroom. And for all the significance that should have in this yet unresolved pandemic era, it wasn’t that remarkable at all. Instead it was something … Continue reading
Posted in cleaning, co-workers, Covid 19, ESL, online, teaching, work, working from home
Tagged cleaing, Covid 19, deep cleaning, diversity, ESL, organizing, pandemic, teacher's room, teachers, teaching
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Dreams
Just before I woke up, I had this weird dream. I was back in the teacher’s room at school getting ready for class. All the other teachers were there and doing their best to talk about anything besides teaching. They … Continue reading
Posted in dreams, ESL, perfect moment, teaching
Tagged 69 Mustang, battleship, dreams, driving, ESL, mature students, parking lot, teacher's room, teaching
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Better Times
Today, we had a virtual meeting at work. It was an open meeting that invited the few remaining employed teachers and those who have been laid off to attend. It was a chance to hear how things were going with … Continue reading
Posted in challenges, ESL, meeting people, obstacles, perfect moment, teaching
Tagged Covid 19, coworkers, economics, effect on business, ESL, future, getting together, meeting, pandemic, staff room, teacher's room, teachers, teaching
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A Good Kind of Quiet
Friday had a weird component to it that only now, upon reflection, I understand as Today’s Perfect Moment. Upon further reflection, I wonder if those are the Most Perfect Moments. I work in a noisy environment. I don’t mean mechanically … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, co-workers, conversation, ESL, quiet, teaching, work
Tagged calm, complaints, conversations, coworkers, ESL, lunch, noise, noisy, quiet, Rupaul's Drag Race, silence, students, teacher's room, teachers, teaching, TTC
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What’s That Doing Here?
I wonder why there is no sitcom based on ESL teachers. Yes, I have seen the British show called Mind Your Language, and I watched every show of English Teachers (or Taipei Diaries as it was called in other countries) … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, boats, ESL, teaching
Tagged annoyance, boats, English teachers, ESL, finds, Kiss, Mind Your Language, models, mystery, ships, Taipei Diaries, teacher's room, teaching
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Peeling Back Time
Several years ago I was at the Sunfest (a fantastic free world music festival) in London, Ontario and spotted one of my favourite professors. I wanted to go and talk to him, tell him about his great teaching, and how … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, class, compliments, ESL, memory, nostalgia, students, teaching, university, UWO
Tagged Carmichael, correcting students, English, ESL, incredible, London, memory, nostalgia, Ontario, recognition, remembering, reminisce, students, Sunfest, teacher's room, teaching
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Tales from the ESL Teacher’s Room.
Teachers talk about their students. That is a given. Sometime we complain about them, sometimes we praise them, and sometimes we are completely baffled by them. This is considered normal venting for a teacher. It is mostly harmless. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, ESL, students, teaching
Tagged bad students, complaining, complaints, comprehension, ESL, sleeping, students, teacher's room, teachiers, teaching, troubule, understanding, venting
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Without Drawers, But With A View
I don’t have a desk at work. I have a kind of table…more like a cantilevered slab of leftover countertop really. I shouldn’t complain because some teachers, especially new ones and temporary summer ones (often one in the same) don’t … Continue reading
August 20, 2014: Basking in the Glow of Student Warmth
There is no greater moment for a teacher that to see a student succeed. Second to that, and the source of Today’s Perfect Moment, is when a student compliments your teaching. Your heart wells up, and you feel proud… and … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, health, lifestyle, Perfection, Reflections
Tagged activities, break, compliments, ego, ESL, joy, lounge, sincerity, students, teacher's room, teaching, warmth
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