School trips, if planned correctly, often include visits to certain historic sites, museums, and galleries. While some students and, unfortunately, some teachers find the experience vexing, it is actually a very good idea to visit these places and to utilize them as teaching/learning tools. Perspective and Soul Names, dates, and events rarely move and fascinate […]
Hamlet is one of those works by Shakespeare that even those that don’t care much for literature have heard of. At the very least, everyone knows the iconic: “To be, or not to be, that is the question…” It is remarkable, intriguing, and ingenious. In this short piece, I will do my best to point […]
If you or your students are like me when I was a teen, there is a good chance you see holidays as, well, holidays. It’s the time you take to unwind, destroy your sleep schedule, hang out with your friends and do so much more than you normally could because of the obligations you had […]
Having a safe space and a nurturing environment is important, but classrooms are still filled with competition. Whether it is to present the best essay, the best group project, the finest athletic abilities, or the best grades. Competition exists in many aspects of school life. Let’s discuss why it’s important. Breaking ‘Limits’ When we are […]
George Orwell wrote 1984 as a story set in a dystopian society, where everything is controlled, including the way people speak, the necessary periodical changes to history, the perpetual war, and the surveillance by the government. I am going to examine whether we are currently living in this dystopia or not. 1984 In the world, […]
You may consider what Americans call a ‘staycation’, or a stay-at-home holiday. There are benefits to this – finally getting around to binging Game of Thrones sans Season 8, attending your garden, paying visits to your friends and the like. However, I am going to discuss the benefits of travelling while on school break. Spoiler […]
Easily the biggest challenge in an average classroom is keeping the attention of your students and improving their concentration and focus. I say ‘average’, because I’ve had a few colleagues with exceptionally unfortunate schools, students, and situations, but I digress. Lessons seem to drag on, with very little information seeming remotely interesting. How can we […]
The question has been asked again and again and the bottom line is that there are usually two groups in the mix – people who like computer games, Golden nugget included, and those who don’t. However, there must be some objective data to show us whether these games can be beneficial for studying and learning. […]
Let me start by saying that this is by no means a ‘required reading’ list, though there are a few works of the literature here you will likely find in a syllabus or two. This is a small list of four titles high-school students love reading, whether it is for their critique of society or […]
One of the more controversial topics of my teaching days was whether or not homework is truly necessary. Homework has been part of the teaching method for a very long time, but is that an argument for it or against it? Here are 4 reasons why students need to do their homework and 4 reasons […]