Over the years, there have been many who have insinuated that the teaching profession is a low to mid income profession. There is some truth in that since the pay of teachers in most countries is not considered high. Thus, there are many teachers who are looking for ways to Read more…
In my previous post, I spoke about how I pranked my class because they have a habit of coming to class late. It worked for a bit. However, there was one who was unrepentant. Instead of coming to class early he continued coming to class late. That was when I Read more…
I had a huge problem with my college students. They loved coming to class late. So if the class starts at 9 am, they will only be there at 9.30am. It was a problem, an annoying problem. That being said, it was not something that the disciplinary board would take Read more…
When I graduated from university, I graduated as a secondary school English teacher. In the eyes of the government, I was only supposed to teach English in secondary schools. However, through a bizarre twist of fate, I was made to teach primary school temporarily. Thus begin my short stint as Read more…
I have a theory. It is getting harder to teach hard work because of how easy life has gotten. I remember a time when I asked a child what they aspired to be. Her answer shocked me. She said, if I could, I would love to be a couch potato. Read more…
The difference between ‘I can’t’ and ‘I don’t want to’ is something that I see my students wrestle with in class and different areas of life. I feel that a lot of younger students these days are too quick to jump to the wrong conclusion. I find that it is Read more…
I was working for an education startup looking to change how we teach our students. We have become such an exam-oriented society that we seem to have forgotten why we learn. The owner of the startup claimed that one of the biggest challenges towards educating the students was to educate Read more…
When my daughter was about 6 months old, I had a brilliant idea. My plan was to utilize Pavlov’s theory on behaviorism to make parenting easy. I have always wanted to try out Pavlov’s behaviorism theory on my children. Imagine how well I could control my children from throwing a Read more…