Random Quote
As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.
---- Mary Roninette Kowal
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
---- Galileo Galilei
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
---- John Ciardi
This may be the most interesting blog theme I've ever seen. http://eflgeek.com/index.php Definitely in my top 5 at least.
---- Steve Dembo
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
---- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
---- J. Robert Oppenheimer
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
---- Isaac Asimov
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
---- Terry Pratchett
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
---- Sheik Abd-al-Kadir
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
---- H. G. Wells
The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
---- Mark Helprin, Memoir from Antproof Case, 1995
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
---- Charlemagne
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
---- Isaac Newton
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
---- Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"
---- Kelvin Throop III
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
---- Thomas A. Edison
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin
Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.
---- Author Unknown
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
---- Albert Einstein
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.”
---- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 -1832)
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
---- Fred Allen
Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
---- Arnold Lobel
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.
---- Robert Copeland
"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
---- Sam Levenson
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
---- Doug Larson
Language Management Essay
Below is the essay question that I am working on for my Leading and managing language programs class in the masters program I am taking at Macquarie University. This essay is going to be a challenge for me to write as I have zero business experience and was never involved with management at any of the positions I have taught at. The terminology is quite alien. In fact it feels like I am starting a whole new discipline of studies. When I first started studying Linguistics I had to learn several new concepts and words in a short period of time. This was difficult but was made easier by the shear volume of readings and the recycling of terminology in the various readings.
However this is the only course I am taking on management. While many of the words are familiar from a laymans point of view the definitions are actually much more precise in the material. This has caused me to read much more slowly to increase comprehension. I’ve also slowed down due to the need to use a dictionary more than I should plus I’m not finding the material as engaging as I had hoped it would be.
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Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Saturday Mar 20, 2004 at 02:20 PM
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Teaching Portfolio Tips
Pedablogue posted a great series of links on how to prepare a teaching portfolio. This is a must read for any teacher.
I have already prepared a portfolio of material that helped me to get my latest job. In fact when I went in for the interview I was told I had the job and there was no need for me to come back for a second interview or do a teaching demo. I have since found out that the other new teachers this semester all had to do a second interview and teaching demo. Portfolios work.
These sites seem more geered towards working in academia rather than in the ESL feild, but as I said it helped me. Additionally there is every advantage to be had by doing more than the next guy. Good luck in your future job searches.
subscriptions & other site related stuff.
Well I just checked my subscriptions in the control panel for movable type and noticed that there are now 7 people subscribed. I had no idea… Thank-you. I will now send out notices when I update my site.
If you want to be removed from the subscription in the future, just send me an email and I will take care of that right away. I am almost ready to complete the move to the new server. Should be ready by the end of next week. yeah!
Private Tutors
Scott Sommers wrote about “What are the Characteristics of Asian Education?” a couple of days ago, but due to illness and ISP problems I have not been able to comment. The article that Scott comments on is from the Globe and Mail titled: Parents call in tutors when A is not enough. Scott spent a large amount of time disussing diffusion of different education ideals as well as the convergence, on the surface, of “asian” and “western” education as it pertains to the percieved need for after school tutorials.
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