INSPIRATION

The Myth about games in ESL Classrooms
December 20, 2012 No Comment

The Myth about games in ESL Classrooms

There is this myth that games in ESL classrooms should be limited because students don’t learn by playing games. The students should be sitting straight up in their chair, book ...

Tuesday inspiration - as sweet as a sweet potato
November 27, 2012 No Comment

Tuesday inspiration – as sweet as a sweet potato

Tuesdays are the worst days for me. They are busy, they are rough, long and absolutely disruptive. Thursdays are long too but nothing like my Tuesdays. Part of the reason ...

6 ways to deal with the communication problem in Korea
October 24, 2012 No Comment

6 ways to deal with the communication problem in Korea

All too often we all get caught in the web and find ourselves in the middle of a communication problem that could have easily been averted if someone just spoke ...

Do you know who is the most important student in your class?
September 19, 2012 No Comment

Do you know who is the most important student in your class?

I love Teacher’s pets. I have at least 3 in a given class. They are always ready to go out and fetch me water, make copies for me if I ...

The Best Life: Let your actions be guided by love
June 6, 2012 1 comment

The Best Life: Let your actions be guided by love

It is hard I know. Poeple do things you don’t agree with. They do things you don’t like or hate. So you get annoyed and want to yell at them ...

The Best Life: 3 Who is your neighbor?
May 7, 2012 1 comment

The Best Life: 3 Who is your neighbor?

These rules to living the best life are from a pamphlet I put together for one of my classes I was teaching in Pyeongtaek when I first arrived in Korea. ...

Why Kim Jong - un can't get it up
April 25, 2012 3 comments

Why Kim Jong – un can’t get it up

There is a lot going on that can potentially spread mass paranoia among English Teachers in Korea. There is slavery, missile launches (he couldn’t get it up), threats of war ...

The Best Life: 2 Be a light onto the world
April 25, 2012 1 comment

The Best Life: 2 Be a light onto the world

Someone is always watching everything you do. That is why they say that those who can do the things they do when they are alone in public are the people ...

The Best Life: No one owes you anything
March 26, 2012 2 comments

The Best Life: No one owes you anything

The source of a lot of human frustration lies in expectations. When the expectations we have for others are not met we start to get impatient with them not realizing ...

The Best Life: 1 We are one
March 14, 2012 1 comment

The Best Life: 1 We are one

These rules to living the best life are from a pamphlet I put together for one of my classes I am teaching in Korea titled The Best Life. I have ...

The Best Life: Visualize your success
March 12, 2012 1 comment

The Best Life: Visualize your success

If you cannot see what it is you want for your life it is hard to get to it. What is your ultimate goal in life? What do you want ...

The Best Life: Who decides how happy you are?
March 9, 2012 2 comments

The Best Life: Who decides how happy you are?

Inspiration can be hard to come around sometimes especially on the road. But the funny thing is we are all on the road of life because we are in this ...