Tag: work

I’ve never liked trite phrases like “You can do anything you put your mind to!” – they somehow fail to motivate me. Yet over the past year, I’ve seen …

Christian has gone out to a samba in the neighborhood, and I chose not to join him. To be honest, it’s been hard for me to drum up energy to …

January is a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad month for English teachers in Brazil. My group classes are on break until after Carnaval, and my individual students have been …

Image source …is that is messes with your translation work. I’ve just come up for air after finishing a mega-project of about 60 pages in 4 days (which may …

Monday Morning: Wake up at 5:30 AM while husband sleeps in. Have a fail turned win in the 7 AM class. Afternoon: Spend several hours doing the class planning …

There are several things that can ruin an English teacher’s day, but one of the worst is when the awesome lesson you’d so carefully planned is somehow derailed and …

Your English teacher hates it when you… 1. Constantly mess with your cell phone in class. Unless you are consulting a dictionary app on your phone – which I …

An English teacher must also be part performer, part artist, and part comedian. Why? Because you have to win your audience. Once in a blue moon you’ll have a …

YOU SHOULDN’T TEACH ENGLISH IN BRAZIL IF… 1. You want to make a lot of money. Some ESL teaching jobs – particularly in Korea – offer a very comfortable …

Currently, I split my schedule between individual classes and small group classes (from 2-8 students) and people often ask me which one I prefer. Here are three advantages of …