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Last Teacher Standing
Even before the whole Covid 19 thing hit, my work had experienced a downturn in student enrollment. That it came after finally securing a CBA struck me as ironic because people who expected that unionization would secure their jobs were … Continue reading
Posted in co-workers, Covid 19, ESL, online, perfect moment, social distancing, teaching, work, working from home
Tagged Covid 19, ESL, last person standing, seniority list, teaching, union, work, working from home
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Getting the Mail
If I were writing for a book, I would say that I taught from a loft, surrounded by multiple computer screens with a big panoramic window overlooking the water. That would sound good and add an extra layer to the … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blog posts, blogging, delivery, email, ESL, mail, perfect moment, teaching, writing
Tagged break time, Canada Post, coronavirus, ESL, getting the mail, letters, lockdown, mailbox, packages, super-box, teaching, the view from my window
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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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Lots to Talk About
In the bleakest moments, people need to shine their brightest. I am not sure that things are truly bleak, but they are a far cry from good. What I can say is that I have not been doing my best … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, Covid 19, ESL, lockdown, pain, perfect moment, protests, realization, teaching, waking up, weeds, work, working from home
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An Intense Weather Moment
Teaching at home means there is a window to my left. When the students are doing work, I briefly peer out to see what is going on in my neighbourhood. I also keep a lookout for the mailman since I … Continue reading
Posted in ESL, perfect moment, rain, Spring, teaching, weather, working from home, YouTube
Tagged changing weather, dark clouds, ESL, hobby, rain, Spring, storm, teaching, weather, weather forecast, woodworking videos, working from home, YouTube
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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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Lots to Juggle
There are some complex machines out there. You know what I am talking about. You’ve seen those people sitting in front of some control panel, flipping hundreds of switches while turning thousands of dials, with ease. They make the complex … Continue reading
Posted in computers, ESL, online, perfect moment, students, tasks, teaching, working from home
Tagged computers, discussions, ESL, juggling, multi-tasking, multitasking, online, questions, students, teaching, teaching online, working from home
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Tales from the ESL (virtual) Classroom.
I could easily have chosen to write about my bike ride today. It wasn’t epic, but I was out on the bike, and if you love riding a bike (and you should) you would understand how awesome it really is. … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, class, ESL, humor, humour, obstacles, online, overcome, perfect moment, teaching, working from home
Tagged classes, ESL, monitoring, reaction, reactions, silence, students, teaching, teaching in the virtual classroom, teaching in the virtual ESL classroom, themes, topics
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Just Outside my Window
When I was writing yesterday’s blog in which I explained that I do not pay attention to weather forecasts, I managed to peek outside. The sun was out and it looked gorgeous. I didn’t exactly make plans to go bike … Continue reading
Posted in email, ESL, mail, perfect moment, quarantine, snow, teaching, tools, walking, weather, working from home
Tagged ESL, flakes, online teaching, returning something to Amazon, snow, snowflaes, taking a walk, teaching, teaching from home, tools, walking, weather, workshop
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The Child Inside of Me
I had hoped to keep up the momentum of my first ride, but mother nature found ways to keep me from doing this. When I woke up, I discovered that there was a light covering of snow on the ground. … Continue reading
Posted in ESL, nature, online, perfect moment, seasons, snow, Spring, teaching, weather
Tagged cosmic joke, ESL, ESL teaching, immaturity, irony, morning, mother nature, nostalgia, online classes, online teaching, snow, snowball, Spring, teaching, the child inside all of us, weather
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