Is there a Guinness World Record for the ESL teacher who talks about death the most? Because I think I got it. [+ another student of mine inspires me]

Today in my class I had my students complete the end of conditional sentences so they were true for them … More

A student of mine inspires me with a great answer

Yesterday I asked my ESL class this: ‘What’s your dream?’ And one of my Saudi Arabian students spoke up. He … More

There’s this beautiful series of 20 books called ‘Great Ideas’ published by Penguin. These are the two I have: And … More

Seems like a good day for this, since these guys play up here on the Sunshine Coast tonight. They’re kind of … More

Illy’s a rapper (is he though?) but you’ll never hear an Illy song about bangin’ bitches, pimpin’ rides or makin’ it … More

I have a friend who used to volunteer at an old folks home. And sometimes she’d ask the residents: ‘What’s … More

There’s so much first-rate philosophy fanned out across both Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey, but theirs comes … More

Even possibly the greatest thinker in history, Socrates, never thought he was right. And neither did he care about convincing … More

If you think to yourself ‘I’m invincible’, what’s to say it’s not true? Whatever you think about yourself, it’s true. … More

The present simple grammar form is actually crucial here. You and I are constantly changing so what you did yesterday … More