BEING A TEACHER....

BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

by Bruce Lee

viernes, 3 de noviembre de 2017

What's the best thing about you?



In your opinion, what is the best thing about you? You must have some good qualities, among which there is one which is the best. This is most paramount if you want to develop as a person and when choosing the kind of job you want to do.


 

Students are probably the best thing for most good teachers as they see what comes out of all the efforts they make and all the plans they have in mind. That is why teachers tend to get really angry when the students don't pay attention to the recommendations they give them.

A question for my students in 2º ESO: What are your best qualities? What are you best at? Compare yourself with someone else using COMPARATIVES OF SUPERIORITY, SUPERLATIVES OF SUPERIORITY, COMPARATIVES OF INFERIORITY & SUPERLATIVES OF INFERIORITY.

 

By the way, today I learnt a great piece of news: Mª José García (2º Bach A) has just passed her B2 Cambridge exams, too. CONGRATULATIONS!!!



Listen (and watch) to the song You're the best thing about me by U2. I hope you will like it and you understand the lyrics (here's the link to the official video).



English with Lucy:

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN TO AN ENGLISH TEACHER!? 

Pay attention to her words: "Nothing can beat face-to-face education" What does she mean to say?


HIGHWAY TO B2.....and success in the Selectivity exam

USE OF ENGLISH. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. Here are ten of the missing words:   dishonest  -  far   -   before  -  last  - out  -  than   -   means   -   wait/delay   -   yours/one   -   addition

LIEBUSTER - A miracle of modern electronics

At last, (1) ...................... to modern technology, there is a way to find (2) ................... if people are telling the truth. The Liebuster (3) ....................... just like an ordinary watch, but in (4) ............................. it's far more (5) ...................... that! In (6) .................. to telling the time, it buzzes when it detects a lie. The (7) ......................... the lie, the bigger the buzz. You will find it invaluable (8) ....................... you're at home or at work. It is by (9) ...................... the smallest, most accurate, lie detector ever made. It measures the stress in people's voices by (10) ....................... of high-tech microchips. In business negotiations, it will (11) ........................... you if people are being (12) ....................... with you. At (13) ...................... it can warn you if your girlfriend or boyfriend is lying when they tell you what they did that weekend when you were (14) ........................... on business.
Never (15) ............................. has such an electronic miracle been (16) ................................ at such a low price. So get (17) ............................ now while stocks (18) .......................... Hurry! Don't (19) ..................! 

Nobody can do (20) ......................... the Liebuster, the miracle of modern high-tech electronics!



4 comentarios:

  1. When we talk about qualities and defects, we refer to an assessment of a person, a fact or an object, in a series of considerations that serve as a reference. This means that it depends on a person's point of view.

    To begin with, from my point of view I think that I am not good at subjects associated to sciences like biology, physics and chemistry and mathematics because of the use of technical words in some of them and when I'm studying I don't remember them easily. But I have always managed to approve them despite the difficulty.

    On the other hand, I reckon I am good in the field of music, since I have been studying music for nine years, I have to admit that it is not easy because you have very different subjects and many times you have great difficulties in some of them , but although the difficulties are very great, the illusion and motivation make you achieve your goals and keep improving this quality. Among the qualities that I have, the one that defines me the best is sincerity, although it is often better not to say things so direct and without thinking how to say them because you don't really know how the person you are talking to will take it.

    To find up, many people believe that they haven't any quality and don't really know they have it, so I think we should do or study the things we really like so that in our future we choose well what we really want to dedicate. With patience and perseverance everything is achieved.

    Paola Ruiz 2ºBach A

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  2. To begin with, I think that everyone has defects and qualities, although there are people who are more perfect than others. Mostly, everyone have to improve about their defects and go on developing their qualities. I believe that nobody can be perfect, because the differences between all the people in this world are in the own qualities and defects of each person.

    I have many defects, but the main defect is that I always study the before day of the exam and I believe that I should try to plan much better the time to improve the califications in the exams. This year is very important for me because I have to get the best possible mark in Bachillerato and in the most important exam for all the students, called Selectivity.
    I hope to improve my defect to get better marks this year.

    All my friends think that I am very good at playing football. When I was a child, I would have many dreams and one of them was to play in the Fc Barcelona with the best footballer in the world called Messi. I wish I was a professional footballer because I would try to win the World Cup 2018 with the Spanish Selection.

    To sum up, I would say that it isn't very important to have defects because all the people can improve them with the passage of the time. I hope to learn about my defects to be a better person and I hope to have much more qualities although I had to force myself.

    Francisco García García 2°Bach A

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    1. “What are my best qualities?”, “What is best thing about me?” and “What are my worst flaws?” these are questions that everyone has ever asked themselves.

      It is known that the people who surround you have a lot of influence on your personality, as the old saying states: “Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are”. For this reason, I reckon that everyone shoud be with people who are trustworthy, loyal and supportive.

      I have a bunch of flaws that I would like to change, like for example: I would like to have a positive outlook of life or more sense of humor, don’t be so moody every time I have an exam and I would like to be more adventurous. Despite of these defects, I have good qualities, such as: I’m creative, honest and I am a very down-to-earth person.

      To conclude, I would add that everyone has defects and qualities, no one is flawless. I am inclined to believe that everyone should try to overcome their defects, although sometimes it can be very difficult.

      Irene Ramón Arellano 2ºBach

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