Why do I show more patience to my students, than I do to my husband?  That’s today’s big question. We all show degrees of patience every day.  Life requires us to be patient.  In shops, waiting for service, waiting for the bus, when we’re speaking to children who don’t have

Have you ever had an out of the blue compliment that left you just speechless? I grew up with red hair and freckles.  Apart from old ladies telling me what lovely colour hair I had, and one of my aunts telling me that freckles were ‘sun kisses’ (which really did

I’m a chocoholic.  There.  I’ve finally said it.  I’ve been denying it for years.  But, I’ve finally accepted the truth.  I’m a chocoholic. I’ve always liked chocolate.  I mean, who doesn’t like chocolate?  What kid doesn’t like chocolate?  Everybody likes chocolate, don’t they? I can’t remember a time when I

Esme interviewed me about my blogging journey!  You can read it by clicking on the link here! My blogging journey started in early September, 2018.  After a lot of research, reading blogs, reading technical stuff about WordPress, joining Facebook Blogging groups etc., I started my journey. The beginning I didn’t

Love them or hate them – public toilets are a necessity.  How often do we find ourselves out shopping, or just out, and need to use one?  Of course everyone’s different, but I find that I’m often looking around me to find a suitable place ‘to go’. I know, we

My husband is a Spiderman fan. When I first met Olivier, I thought it was really cool that he loved Spiderman so much.  But at the time, he was married to someone else, not to me.  I didn’t have to live with it.  So, I thought it was cool and

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how people communicate.  Writing letters used to be one of my favourite things in the world.  I don’t do it anymore, and I really miss it.  I’ve written some of my thoughts about it for you. If you can’t read my handwriting, or

Just for you, some helpful advice on how to be a successful ESL teacher. A – ability/adapt Your students may not all have the same ability regarding their level of English, even students who are studying in the same group.  Sometimes a commercial decision will be made by your school