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Let’s 勉強!

(By the way, 勉強, according to Usagi, means ‘study hard’ in Japanese.) Last Wednesday in my MA class, I mentioned my previous post “Do teachers become more stupid after teaching for a few years?”. After the session, one of the … Continue reading

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Creative teachers, creative students

Today was a hugely happy day for me. Two delightful things happened, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. I’ll talk about the morning one in this post. This morning, four teachers and I spoke at a … Continue reading

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Mentoring that makes a difference

In Chapter 9 of When All You’ve Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough, Harold Kushner proposed three ‘non-negotiable’ elements of life, experiences that enable us to say that we have lived our life and not wasted it. His third suggestion, which may … Continue reading

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