Teachers: the Bad and the Good. Part 2 So what makes a good teacher? You’ve got to know your subject – that goes without saying – but you’ve also got to care about it, to the extent that you’re willing to go the extra mile to figure out the best ways to teach it. Quizzes, […]
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Teachers: the Bad and the Good. Part 1. In post #2, when I threw in an untrue statement, I reminded myself of my history teacher when I was about 14. Now, history can be one dry subject, but Mr M’s lessons made the most parched desert feel like a verdant rainforest. Every single lesson over
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Teaching Origins: France. Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m a teacher. Well, if you want to split hairs, I’m a tutor, meaning I mostly teach privately, one-to-one. Occasionally I get asked to persuade a class of ebullient Italian teenagers to put away their phones and explain cultural differences between Italy and England, which invariably leads to
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Got to start somewhere. It dawned on me this afternoon while doing the school run that I should keep a regular blog. It’s something I used to do when I practiced hypnotherapy, but the problem was that I felt like the posts had to be hypnosis-related, or at least relate to self-improvement. All well and
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