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.
This is no longer a family and this is no longer a gathering of friends, and these are no longer work partners, either. A group of people may physically be at the same spot, but mentally they are so distant away.
It is a big disgrace for humankind as social interactions are so virtual. And why is all that? It could be due to a virus that affects these generations: DIGITAL ADDICTION!!! It spreads so fast worldwide chasing every mind that it is a real danger.
Some interesting articles for you to read, especially the one about the solution found by the Silicon Valley parents:
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We are on our countdown (JUST 10 DAYS!!!!) to depart for York and this piece of news has just struck me!!!! Flight to Germany goes to Scotland by mistake (News Review, BBC Learning English).
Episode 190327 / 27 March 2019 >>> Robot grocery deliveries - Language related to
'delivery of goods'. Need-to-know language: convenience, handed over, the order is placed, on its way & tampered with.
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).
What is the verb that comes from the adjective 'deterrent'? How would you say in English: "La alarma disuadirá a los ladrones de entrar en la casa".
Activities for my 2º ESO students:
What would you like your teacher to be like?
HIGHWAY TO B2.....
VOCABULARY
24. Fill in the gaps with these words: bargain , deal , exchange , change , rate
1. There was a fascinating ________________ of views in the debate.
2. It was quite cheap. It was a tremendous _______________ in fact.
3. Let's make a _______________ . You have my sweater, and I'll have your jeans.
4. This isn't the right _______________ . I gave you twenty pounds, not ten!
5. What's the _____________ for dollars today?
And now with: advice , intention , meaning , mind , opinion
6. In my ___________, I think that marriage is definitely a good thing.
7. I took my mother's ______________ . I didn't get married until I was twenty-five.
8. I can't make up my _____________ whether to get married or not.
9. I have no ____________ of ever getting married.
10. Marriage? My husband doesn't understand the real _____________ of the word!
Solutions to VOCABULARY exercises in the previous post.
Once we talked about taking exams at home. Now it is home schooling? Read about it and tell me if you prefer it to the other formal educational settings of state or public schools.
It is a big disgrace for humankind as social interactions are so virtual. And why is all that? It could be due to a virus that affects these generations: DIGITAL ADDICTION!!! It spreads so fast worldwide chasing every mind that it is a real danger.
