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.
... although your English teacher does it every day. Unfortunately, most students don't do things for free, or do they? Do you write a comment or a composition for free even if your English teacher is going to correct it for free?
Here's a listening exercise for you to do and some articles to read:
In the previous post we talked about the expression 'it doesn't matter'. Now it is time to talk about what really matters in life. We are not plants, so we always try to find a goal in life to achieve and even sometimes if you can't find it, you may break down and have problems to keep on living. That would be the case of lonely elderly people.
A grandchild, a pet, a search for new experiences... may be the key! Do you remember this post: Bucket lists and time capsules ? So try to make a bucket list yourself!
In my bucket list the success of my students is of paramount importance, for example.
Episode 190220 / 20 February 2019 >>> The harpoon that clears space junk - Language related to
'space'. Need-to-know language: mission, space station, satellite, orbit & celestial.
And still talking about what really matters, we have to give our congratulations to our Arts teacher Elisa and his students for their wonderful results in the International Women's Day poster contest. We have won the first and third prizes!!!! Check it here >>>>
You never know, but even young children can have great ideas and become millionaires. Watch this interesting short video and you will discover some amazing facts >>>>
Some related articles for you to read about the topic:
For your WRITING EXERCISE 07 you will have to find out what are the differences between Spain and the United States, with the help of our language assistant Elise, regarding the following issues:
School rules, chewing gum in class, talking in class, cheating in exams, playing truant or skipping classes, not doing your homework, conditions to pass, conditions to go on to the next school year, difference between 'to suspend' & 'to expel' a student, under which situations it can happen, what are teachers like?, discipline, interacting with teachers and other classmates, bullying....
You may have a look at these posts related to the issue (Label: SCHOOLS):
And talking about future sport Olympic heroes, read about our swimmer Tamara Frías Molina, who I swam in the lane next to this morning, and who is from Motril (Granada).
Vocabulary and Listening exercise to do: Language to use in research
(English at work, BBC Learning English)
REPORTED SPEECH. Further practice:
Transform these sentences into Reported Speech using these verbs:
apologize , deny , explain , invite , offer
1. 'I'm sorry I was rude', said Mike. 2. 'I didn't steal John's bike', said Melissa. 3. 'Can I buy you a drink?', Albert to the Austrian teacher. 4. 'Would you like to come to the cinema with me?', replied she after the drink. 5. 'I'm late because I missed the bus', said Joe.
Transform these sentences into Direct Speech:
1. He invited her to go for lunch. 2. The judge declared that they were guilty. 3. Ari offered to help Michael with his work. 4. He apologized for handing in the composition two days later, but said that he had been ill in bed. 5. The shopkeeper ordered the three boys to leave his shop.
Glossary:harzadous, smoking ban, second-hand smoke, they are being exposed to, inhaling smoke, vulnerable, their lungs are still developing, the findings, on the spot fine, come into force, the new rules apply to any driver or passenger, on board, to break the law, grace period, offenders, unlikely to be fined, concern, raise/rise, spokeswoman, public awareness, ultimately
Read this report about residential boot camps for teenagers and give me your opinion. It could also be the topic of your next composition. But first let's have a look at the definition.
Some serious cases to analyse about these boot camps:
And talking about money, here's something interesting for you >>>>
