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

sábado, 15 de abril de 2023

On the road to PERFECTION!!

We should always be on the road to perfection. From my point of view, perfection is impossible because there will always be things to improve. So, perhaps, being perfect is just being constantly looking for perfection. Nevertheless, you cannot get obsessed with this attitude since it may become an illness as "in the medium term is virtue".

 

 

Artificial perfection (that is to say, cheating) is, as well, useless. What do I mean? Many times I tell my students to work honestly and not to use translators or any other ITC tool such as chatgpt.com they can find on internet because at the end of the day if you don't know how to solve a problem yourself, you'll get into bigger troubles.

 

Let's suppose you get used to cheating and you do it so well that you pass every exam with a superb mark.  What happens when you come to a situation such as the Selectivity exam?



  Anyway, the perfect teacher or student is that person who is always on that way. Once they think they have reached the summit, that is, when they think they are perfect, it is the first bad sign and so time for their decline.



Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

  • Using the MODAL VERB 'CAN' and adverbs of manner (Unit 5) write comments what things you can and can't do and how to be better and better at English or school.

    Example: I can do my writing exercises carefully. I can't do them fast because I commit a lot of mistakes.

 

Some other activities for you to do: 

  

 

Some articles for you to read about the issue:

 


   

Here's my musical hint for today: Perfect by Ed Sheeran. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!! (and here's a beautiful remix with other singers)

 

 

 

 

Learn English with some TV series...

Sarah and Duck  | Time to bake | Cartoons for Children


 

 

 


 

 


Vintage tennis: 

How good was Stephan Edberg actually?  & Legends of tennis: Episode 1

 

 


 

However, there is still time to do some work:

 

Project on Rabbit-Proof Fence by Andrea Valdés Padial (4º ESO A)

 

 

 

Project on Rabbit-Proof Fence by Francisco José Prados Espinosa (4º ESO A)

 

 

 

Sergio Prados (1º ESO B) and his comic about the reader Around the World in 80 Days


Carolina Prieto López  (1º ESO B) and her comic about Around the World in 80 Days.




 

7 comentarios:

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  2. It is true that we should do things honestly, so we learn more than if we do it with a translator. However, I sometimes need to have a look. You can also learn having fun watching movies and documentaries in English with the explanations of the teacher and doing homework well. You can try several times.

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  3. In my opinion we should things by ourselves without the help of anything ,if it is possible, because we think that the perfection or similar is reached doing things in team or always be with someone to solve problems, I'm not saying that we don't need help of somenone or something never, but a lot of things that you can reach are by hard-work and your own effort.

    Many people thinks that perfection is only reached with company, but something that improve your way of thinking about perfection is your own experience or the experience of older people, also, many people have fear to fail in the attempt of looking for "perfection" but, how can you reach success if you don't go across mistakes?

    Javier Rivas López 4ºESO A

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  4. As a model sportsman and person, my personal opinion of Stefan Edberg is very positive. Edberg was an exceptional tennis player with an elegant game. In addition to being an excellent player, he was also known for his hard work ethic and his respect for his opponents and for the sport itself.

    Overall, Stefan Edberg is an inspirational figure and a true role model as a sportsman and a person. His legacy in the world of tennis and beyond is undeniable, and his example remains relevant to all those who seek to achieve success in any walk of life.


    Oliver Lozano 4ºA

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  5. I can do rhythmic gymnastics well, but I can't play football very good.
    I can't speak Chinese although I can speak English very well.
    My friend Gema can play volleyball but she can't play tennis.
    He can play basketball. She can't play paddle.

    Carolina Prieto López 1B

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  6. "Victory belongs to the most persevering". This is one of my favourite sentences I have ever heard. Improving what we look like, how we solve problems, how we think, how we learn, how we manage to reach our aims. The base of all of those features of us, is working every day by ourselves, and not to be better than other people, otherwise to be the best version of us.

    If a day has 24 hours, you should know that of those 24 hours, at least 9 or 8 are there to sleep. Now you have 15 hours, you should also know that of those hours, 8 are for school and meals. Then we have 7 hours to work out, or to spend free time doing something that doesn't make us be better. So if people talk about problems they have doing some homework or in exams, maybe they should organise this time better.

    Francisco Toledo López 4ºa (CORREGIDO)

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  7. From my point of view, perfection is psychological, nobody is perfect, some people believe that a certain person is perfect, but they are not.
    Leonel Quesada,1ºESO A

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