Friday, July 19, 2013

To my students, with love and admiration



In the classroom, the students are the ones that usually pay homage to the teacher. This post seeks to do the exact opposite.

Our job as teachers is to educate, to instruct, to motivate, to inspire. Their job as students is to learn. 

This idea could never be oh so wrong. 

It is so good to be able to share experiences with a group as diverse as they are in number and in attendance. They come and go, they come late, but they ALL PARTICIPATE.

Even on an occasion as informal as a get-together in a bar (in Trinidadian English it would be known as a lime), you can learn some useful language. The example this time has to do with sight.  

Lime/Liming - a party or any get-together/to hang out, or (more recently) to date someone

Watching a computer or TV screen for too long can make your eyes tired or sore: you then suffer from what we would call sore sight

But to be honest, it would be impossible to have that problem after looking at these pictures and watching this video. The people in them are the ones I always want to keep in close sight.

It will always be a pleasure to see you guys, you will be a sight for sore eyes.  

 




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