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

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domingo, 9 de febrero de 2020

The person I look up to the most is...

Who do you look up to? It is  probably a person who influences you either in your personal life or work career and the decisions you take. Why is that? Is it because of his/her personality, his/her achievements in life? 

 

The first person that comes to my mind is my master at university: Professor Dr Neil McLaren, as he was the most influential person in the way I teach and how I try to face the difficulties I come across in my job, apart from being the director of my Bachelor Thesis and my PhD.


However, let's check first the meaning of this phrase:

Friday phrase: "to look up to someone"  


 

Let's now have a look at this forum:

Who do you look up to and why?  

 

 

25 Most Influential People in History By Attribute

 

 

 

Here are some articles for you to read about the issue:

But remember that this phrase has also got a literal meaning, and the expert in this matter was of course Dr Stephen Hawking:

'Remember to look up at the stars': the best Stephen Hawking quotes (The Guardian)



 

 

Learners' Questions: 'SEE' , 'LOOK' or 'WATCH'?  and a quizz on THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST.


 

 

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