Random Quote
Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
---- Jack Lynch
Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.
---- Kin Hubbard
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
---- Evan Esar
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
---- Galileo Galilei
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
---- Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818)
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
---- Edward Abbey
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
---- J. Robert Oppenheimer
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
---- Thomas A. Edison
Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.
---- Author Unknown
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
---- Sheik Abd-al-Kadir
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
---- Thomas A. Edison
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
---- Charlemagne
A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.
---- anonymous
Technology will not replace teachers...teachers who use technology will
probably replace teachers who do not.
---- Ray Clifford
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"
---- Kelvin Throop III
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
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
---- Terry Pratchett
As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.
---- Mary Roninette Kowal
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
---- Robert Frost
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
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
---- John Ciardi
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
---- Albert Einstein
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.
---- Pablo Picasso
5 Reasons Why I Blog
I recieved a comment from a new reader today and I followed the link to Steli Efti’s Blog. The second post from the top is 5 Reasons Why I Blog and I thought I would play along with this. In no particular order:
- Reflective: I blog so I can reflect on my teaching and what I want to do with my classes. It gives me an opportunity to organize my thoughts and ideas before implementing them in the classroom. It also gives me a place to ask for advice from other teachers - see this recent post for example.
- Creativity: Blogging gives me the opportunity to be creative. Writing some entries requires careful thought, but more importantly I get to work on my web site design and features from time to time. This is pretty much my only artistic talent that I am aware of.
- Development: Reading other blogs helps me to grow as a teacher. I find new ideas that I wouldn’t have thought of and can try them out in class. I’ve found interesting articles and books to read based on other bloggers posts. Additionally it’s pretty hard to keep abreast of all the technology/web2.0 options available for ELT teaching but by reading other ELT blogs I feel I do a pretty good job of it.
- Enjoyment: Because it’s fun.
- Resources: It’s a great way for me to centralize resources. Searching through my blog allows me to find ideas that I’ve forgotten about including lesson plans, links to web sites and contact info with other bloggers.
Why do you blog?




