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Thirty-four
Learning opportunities everywhere; opportunities for teaching also. Every thing is a complete lesson. Nothing is useless. Yes, nothing at all! But not everything will serve your purpose. So, do you...
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Thirty-five
The students no longer come to the class. So lazy, you think, they don’t want to learn. You’re wrong: students always want to learn things, but teachers don’t always want to teach them. Tell the...
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Thirty-six
…”and how are things?” Never a good question to ask a taoist if you’re in a rush and just trying to engage in pleasant chat before dashing away. How are things? They aren’t. Believe anything else and...
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Thirty-seven
With no classroom, no teachers, no students No books, no tech, no tests, no desks, no chairs You find yourself in the best equipped school. What a great method, this one with no name! There’s no better...
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Thirty-eight
Good teachers don’t know they’re good teachers. Lao said this; Dunning Kruger agreed. Bad teachers think they’re good; they’re not, but thinking so keeps them bad not good. How to get better? Don’t –...
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MacDougal and unhappiness
THE KOAN In his new role as Quality Commissar, MacDougal observed a lesson and found it to be pants. How to tell the teacher that his pants were soiled? “You’ve got a nice rapport,” he began, “But...
View ArticleAn interlude
This is a reply to Hana Ticha who has recently blogged on the angst that we sometimes fall into, occasioned by a students’ comment. Students can be very perceptive at times. I wanted to post this as a...
View ArticleAnd one day when we’re older we’ll look back and say there’s no-one
The koan MacDougal’s grandmother was coming to stay. While he tried to keep family away from work, mindful of the injunction to always count your chickens before they match, there was no getting around...
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The koan Pity poor McDougall. Every day the same thing. Every week the same day. Every month the same week. Every year the same month. I wanna do this, I wanna do that. He stops the mouth of Fukuman...
View ArticleA New Dawn
The koan A certain Bowie, first name Derek, was beginning as the new Director of Studies. He had a terrible stutter. The staff went more pallid than an uncooked Steak Bake when they heard Derek wax...
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