Daily Archives: June 20, 2022

LISTEN Carefully/ THINK Deeply

For me the teaching process is raising subjectivity to objectivity through the process of self-examination and self-reflection. I would like to see my work as an invitation for students to become self-determined actors who not just blindly repeat meaningless slogans, abondance of which in our society is overwhelming and dangerous, but know what they want, why they want and how their positing of their wants affects others.… Read more “Start to question yourself.”

My French course is similar to my kitchen. This is the place where we discover ingredients, try appliances, explore techniques, prepare different versions of the same dish, modify the recipe, share the good and bad stuff. Most importantly, we are having fun in the process.

I want students to know that they can and will accomplish their goals. They are already on their way to doing this and have what it takes right now. As they learn more, they will get even better at achieving their goals and get even closer to their dreams — but they are not starting from scratch or from naught (or from from negative balance).… Read more “You can; You will”

This is about my whole ungrading thing. It relates to disposable assignments that we’re reading about but also is about respecting the students, trusting them to direct themselves to some extent. And it also tries to get rid of our busy work.… Read more “Teach more, grade less”