Epilogue: From here to the end (of the semester).

Hellooooooo! n.n

What a journey!
Its been a few months since my first entry. Now, as then, my passage through the semester has not been free from obstacles. Now, as then, an incident took place. Something that has inspired fear to me because of two reasons: 

- The pandemic and how that affects me and my daily life.

- My true English mastery ... and, actually, the whole 8th semester.

Now, as then, I'll continue to give my best at school, I'll never surrender and I'll try to help my friends as I've always done. 

It is interesting how things change in time. I've already finished my Internship, I have a job and, if nothing goes wrong, I'm about to get a second one as e-teacher.

You know? We are one semester away to accomplishing our greatest achievement of all time until now!!! 

This is a message to all of you reading this: do not stop now. Keep pushing! Keep working hard, the end of the semester is upon us. You will not regret it.

It has been really fun sharing my ideas with you, readers. I'm looking forward to hearing from you and your achievements!

Farewell!

Richie.

Believe it or not.

Yeah, teaching is rewarding. Yeah, it is demanding. Yeah, there are some other alternatives to teaching. Yeah, whatever. 

...

But

...

I have a question for you:

The place you work at home, right now ... is it clean?

Yes, my friends. A clean workplace has a strong indirect influence on how you perform at your jobs, let me explain:

- It boosts morale: and also your mindset.

- It makes you happy: when you feel happy, then you feel motivated to focus on your stuff.

- It avoids procrastination: your attention is not interrupted by anything.

- Improves productivity: keeping your environment clean is a surprisingly good way to concentrate on what you are doing and, eventually, you'll see how you get good results on whatever you are doing.

You see? In the end, all those things lead to the same point: keep your workplace clean and you won't have to worry about anything else. I promise ;)

Small entries: big messages Pt. 2

Have you ever crucified yourself for "doing things incorrectly at your job"?

Keeping myself busy, looking for tips to improve my e-teaching techniques (yes, I'll keep using that term. Love it XD) has made me forget about some elemental things.

This is an appreciation post for those of you who, like me, need to remember that there's nothing wrong with making mistakes.

- We are humans, not robots.

- We are not perfect, perfection is overestimated

- Patience leads to practice, practice leads to good performance.

-  Enjoy the e-learning process, you're supposed to be doing what you like to do!!!!!!

Now go!!! Keep doing that marvelous job ;)

Tired of teaching? No problem!

Hello there! 

Teaching is one of the most rewarding experiences there are, right? You are teachers! You should know better. Unlearning the lesson in the benefit of generations and generations of students again and again in a nearly endless cycle is a fun and tiring job. 

But ... what if one day you decide that you want to do something different? What if you want a ring of changes? 

Well ... I present 2 options (and its benefits, of course) you can choose to do without leaving the English language ;)

Translating:

- an even higher level of English mastery for your CV

- Your vocabulary gets enhanced into unsuspected levels

-  a deeper knowledge of other cultures

- You can even become an expert in research techniques.

- an excellent source of money

Test designer: 

- enhance your knowledge of types of tests

- every test you design can be sold.

- you get the chance to fully re-design a given test

- you get the chance to evaluate an entire education system

- an excellent source of money

You see? If you ever get tired of teaching, if you ever feel you need a break, there are other, equally rewarding, things you can do with the English language ;)

Besides, who could possibly say "no" to an extra amount of money on the bank account? ;)

    

Happy Teacher's Day !

Friday, May 15th

This is a day unlike any other for us who constantly unlearn what we once learned. 

What are the most common phrases teachers usually say? I'd like to see your comments. I'll start, this is a true story, by the way:

- get out of my classroom!

+ but why! He's the one annoying me!

- because you're the one I saw

https://www.facebook.com/ClubPotterhead/videos/439229203494276

Small posts: big messages.

Hello again!!!

Throughout my story as a student, I've had lots and lots of English teachers. They all had their own personalities and teaching techniques. As a result, the impact every teacher caused on my life was different.

This is an appreciation post and a chance to ask yourself something:

What kind of teachers I've had before? ... and ... What kind of teacher I want to be for my students?

Just remember: Keep an eye to the past to learn from it and the other to the future to unlearn the lesson ;)

Decorating the e-classroom

If you are here, it is likely you are taking at least one online course. Tell me, do you think you're learning something from it? Do you find it useful? Or, is it the opposite? Do you spend the whole day reading PDF documents leading nowhere? Well ... I hope you're doing fine.

But...

What about you? Yeah, you, teacher? Do you try to encourage your students to actually learn something?

Well ... perhaps you are. Maybe you are in need to improve your "e-teaching technique" (yeah, I came up with that name)

If you want to get better, then you arrived at the correct post. 

The criteria here is my own but there's a chance you find useful at least one of the following ideas: 

- Find ways to actively get in continuous touch with your students without compromising your personal data (yeah, no WhatsApp) Edmodo is a good choice, by the way.

- Take advantage of the 4 language skills: Encourage your ss to use at least 3 of them ;)

- Combine individual homework with collaborative homework: this will keep students in an active mood throughout the online course ;)

- Do not overwhelm your ss with PDF files to read: it is likely they'll simply won't do it.

- Make an effort to answer every student's doubt: this will ensure your students will not quit the course.

These are some ideas I came up with on my short experience as an e-teacher. (I really like how that sounds) 

Can you think of more ideas?