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[31 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]

Success or failure, this your choice
As the baccalaureat exams in Morocco are approaching, some of my students are still unwilling to start preparation  no matter how I try to motivate them. The reason they give for their behavior is:
“We can’t”
The skapegoat is almost always them.
“It’s them not us.”
“It’s the system”
“We can’t follow because we have never been given the tools and the opportunities to succeed.”
“What is more, even if we try, the future of gradutes in Morocco is gloomy. They can’t even find a job. So WHY TRY?”
Easy answers. Ther …

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[14 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]

Boredom in the classroom
Boredom is one of the greatest enemies of successful learning. This happens , mainly,  when students predict what will happen next in the classroom. Students frequently know what will occur next because it will be the same as what happened in the previous session and a whole string of sessions before. This predictability is the deadening bullet that classroom vitality may recieve.
How can teachers avoid this boredom?
Seven tips to avoid boredom

Teachers need to violate their own behavior pattern.

If a teacher normally teaches in casual clothes, he should …

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[17 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

My teaching experience
If teaching is stressful, financially less rewarding, why do teachers teach? It is a legitimate question!

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[15 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

Be motivated to motivate your students. You and your students will gain a lot!

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