As a teacher I often forget that what I’m doing (and not doing) matters. This is also true in all my other roles: As a dad, a brother, a friend, a colleague, a customer, a client, a consumer, a producer, a guy who cuts grass and shovels snow. Actually, I’m lucky to be a teacher. …
Category Archive: Learning
Jan
26
Do Not Iron Clothes on Body
The title of this post is taken from actual packaging for a steam iron. Turns out that not only are there lots of silly warnings on tags, packages and signs around the world, but now there’s an actual organization whose mission it is to campaign against such “gobbledygook.” They call themselves the Plain English Campaign …
Jan
23
Move in this direction
Found this over at Seth’s.
Jan
21
Fershizzle yo! wateva
For language teachers trying to incorporate Web 2.0 and yet keep their sanity.
Jan
17
Thinking, Feeling, and the Brain
Bolte Taylor, points out that most people are well aware that there exist within themselves two conflicting personalities. She explains/believes that these two personalities actually exist in two separate hemispheres of our brains-right and left. She sums up where these two personalities (and how we often talk about them) originate on page 134 of her …
Jan
16
Jill Bolte Taylor Is An Amazing Woman
I am fascinated with the brain. My masters thesis/research is brain-based stuff. Long story short–I’m hooked. I shared a bit about Jill Bolte Taylor about a year ago on my other blog, but yesterday I started reading her book, My Stroke of Insight. After watching her speak (see below), I was sure I’d be let …
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