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a notebook of surpr@ise

Archive for October, 2011

Happy Birthday Surpr@ise

October28

“A single metaphor can give birth to love.”  Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being          SURPRISE + PRAISE It’s amazing how a metaphor can help you see more clearly what you have always understood to be true. This is what happened to me when I used crayons to form a new [...]

Halloween projects (for students by students)

October20

Last few months I have been truly impressed by the project that will surely  influence and maybe even change the education of teachers. I know many readers of my blog know exactly what I am talking about and in case you don’t, please visit http://itdi.pro/  and feel free to ask anything else you are interested in as [...]

My summer school experience or how to be less of a teacher

October8

One of my dreams came true this summer. I always wanted to teach English in English-speaking country and even though I always knew it’s not easy to get a job as an English language teacher for a non-native speaker there, I tried this year (many thanks to my dear friend and a great teacher Ania [...]