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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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When It’s Raining Outside
The weather was, and this is not a very poetic term, yucky today. It was above zero, so not particularly cold, but thanks to the rain, it was yucky nonetheless. I wouldn’t have gone out at all, except that needs … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, cycling, growing your blog, hobbies, hobby, perfect moment, philately, rain, relaxation, stamp collecting, stamps, writing
Tagged cycling, hobby, icky outside, philately, rainy day, stamp collecting, stamps, take a break, topics, what to do when it's raining, yucky outside
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With One Of My Best Friends
What you see is the precursor to the meal I had tonight with one of my best friends. This was goulash soup, which was followed up with schnitzel and paprikash sauce for dipping. Although it wasn’t exactly as my Oma … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, advice, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, beer, comfort food, donauschwaben, ethnic food, food, friends, friendship, hockey, Maple Leafs, restaurant, talking
Tagged advice, beer, best friend, boys night out, donauschwaben, food, friends, friendship, hashing out, hockey, issues, paprikash, schnitzel, talking, topics
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Doing Better Than Last Year
Last year was a good year for the blog. I doubled the number of views from the previous year. This had been a nice trend for the first four years of the blog. Sadly, unless this blog suddenly becomes major … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, blog, blogging, blogposts, cycling, Exodus Travels, hard work, photography, success, travel, travel writing, Wordpress, words, writing
Tagged beating, blogging, blogposts, equalling, growing the blog, last year's numbers, last year's totals, subjects, succeed, successful blogging, surpassing, tags, topics, winning, writing
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New Topics of Conversation…Finally
English teachers, especially new ones, love to talk about grammar and teaching. With the summer upon us and an huge influx of teachers for the busy summer season, things can get loud in the teacher’s room. The debates about the … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, conversation, ESL, teaching, Toronto, travel
Tagged conversation, ESL, family names, gerunds, grammar, infinitives, Oxford comma, Present Perfect, talking, teachers, teaching, topics, travelling
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