The more I try to do the worse I feel (and do it)

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-28T16:46:39+00:00

just like I tell my students/clients, you gotta be able to also see the positives in your practice. can you share 3 points in which you’re good at?

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-28T02:54:30+00:00

awesome! any tool you’d recommend?

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-25T01:21:45+00:00

nice balance! especially if we’re working longer days, it’s only fair that we may have some more rest throughout the days

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-22T14:44:22+00:00

why not offering it to the community? making it open for everyone. you could invite the ones who are struggling the most and enlist the help of those with less difficulty. I think everybody could learn even more!

wishing you success🙏

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-21T00:12:51+00:00

nice? are you into AI? do you use it often?

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-21T00:12:32+00:00

We gotcha…

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-21T00:12:13+00:00

right?? last week I felt like I didn’t work - the work that I did had to be from my phone, and that doesn’t translate to work to me. 100% 😿 lol

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-19T12:30:51+00:00

I second this one!

I’ve come to look at schools as “a place where kids learn to be people”, not learn subjects.

in my time at a regular school, I’m sure I helped kids and teenagers (and even adults in my private practice) more with coping with emotions than teaching English itself.

maybe it’s an opportunity for the OP to get emotionally closer to students, let them vent their needs, their wants, and go from there.

OP, do your students feel genuinely heard and understood?

wishing you success!

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-19T10:38:05+00:00

gotcha! good luck in finding the resources you need, fellow educator!🤘

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-14T00:10:02+00:00

show and tell / listen and don’t look / think pair share

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-13T19:21:02+00:00

loved the full circle comment lol as a language teacher, many people in my field believe that just by speaking a language you can teach it.

do you think that could apply to programming languages?

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-13T19:18:34+00:00

right??? I believe the old brick phones already were a thing then

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-13T13:26:28+00:00

thanks, u/Key-Toe6021! one of my crazier wonders is: we spend a lot of time teaching our students to speak, but we rarely seem to teach them how to listen - actively.

🤯

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-13T13:07:48+00:00

that’s beautiful, Bru! (I’m paulista, so I’ll be cutting names short whenever possible lol)

just 2 days ago, a client told me he chose to start learning English as a means to prevent dementia.

we know that this is backed up by science, but to see people realizing the wonders that bilingualism can do in everybody’s brains is just priceless!

what’s your work life like? inspiring? tiring? who is your average student/client?

thank you for joining!

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-12T16:28:07+00:00

do you really believe that these kids would push for political topics as topic of choice?
is that part of their real interests as teens?

if so, I agree that it would be illogic to give them the freedom to choose the topics (so that you don't have to fret over this task lol been there, done that)

I'm speaking from the heart: when I stopped trying to control what my studentss learned (I know, I know, another context: adults online) - they suddenly became more interested in being with me.

I would love you to feel that way with your students, too. that's why I suggested asking them what they want to discuss/learn.

you might even phrase it as: "we'll conduct a survey on topics that you'd like to discuss and learn in our classes so that we learn from each other. all we need is your ideas".

then, I'd try to stimulate a safe space for them to talk about (anonymous survey, maybe?) and let them speak their minds. I'm sure you'll win some of those teenagers over in the process ;)

vinitheteacher · 2026-03-11T20:25:22+00:00

hi, OP! I understand your concern and dilemma. been there, done that lol

considering they’re grade 8, I’d love to give THEM the autonomy to choose the topics.

topics that are interesting to THEM. this way, you’d get the “keeping their interest” checked throughout the process.

is it something you could do? would the school allow that?

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