Thinking Teachers

There is no “off” switch for teacher brains.

Teacher brains are always thinking, tinkering, trying…

A cat crosses the street.

Great example for my next Past Simple /Past Progressive lesson! “Yesterday, while I was walking, I saw a cat.”

A cat crosses the street.

Great example for my next adjective order class. “I saw cute, tiny, thin, black, meow-speaking cat yesterday.”

A cat crosses the street.

Great illustration for my expressing likes and dislikes class.

“I love SEE+ING cats.” = correct; “I need SEE+ING cats.” = NOOOO!!!!

Cats on the brain.

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New Year’s Revolutions

Yes, you read the title right.

Now, am I advocating revolutions, radical resets and rampaging reengineering this New Year?

Nope.

I’m just asking myself to read the phrase right.

It’s not read revolutions (“a sudden, radical, or complete change” – Merriam-Webster) but resolutions (a promise to yourself to do or to not do something – Cambridge Dictionary).

Baby steps.

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10 Best Public Domain Image Websites

Many photographers, museums and cultural institutions are choosing to forfeit their rights and to publish public domain images. So, in this article, we are going to take you through the ten best publi

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Teaching /Teachering

Before I became a teacher, I thought you could teach points without teaching people.

Go figure!

Creating Straw Men from Cognitive Dissonance

This article will address two separate yet sometimes related phenomena witnessed in various online exchanges (and elsewhere), namely the straw man fallacy and cognitive dissonance.  I’ll explain th…

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Yummy!

I see you, Mousey, Mousey…!

Cat’s Pajamas…

What does this idiom mean?

The Cat’s Meow

Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

 Mark Twain

Lazy morning days…

Lazy morning Saturdays…

Lazy morning Sundays…

Lazy morning Mon… (Oh, I forgot- I have to work for a living!)

Beginning of semester jitters…

Semester starts…