An aspect of teaching that’s been tricky for me is making the transition from the schoolboy who laughed at everyone (yes, EVERYONE, and this has been proven) to occasionally being laughed at by my students. Often, for no apparent reason. Some of them laugh their heads off when i say “hello”. A lot of my [...]
Archive for October, 2008
the joke’s on me (leggo my ego)
Posted in Sid Teacher on Wednesday, October, 29 ,2008 | 5 Comments »
younger days (i knew)
Posted in Poetry (Rhymes and Life) on Tuesday, October, 21 ,2008 | 2 Comments »
when you were a kid…know what you did ?
most probably…
you waited and prayed sun down to sun up
that you would awaken and you’d be a grown up
that you would be able to do all these things
that you would be able to get in the ring
that you would drive a car with the windows rolled down
and [...]
Images from Back in the Day
Posted in Me., Tickles My Fancy ( random stuff ) on Tuesday, October, 21 ,2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning i watched some clips of Disney’s The Jungle Book on youtube. ( where would my life be without youtube? ) Well, the movie hit me pretty hard and is one of my all time favs. Easily my favourite movie of the first half of my life. And that means a lot, right? Think [...]
Foreign Concept
Posted in Sid Teacher, tagged foreigners, teaching, The World & Travels on Sunday, October, 5 ,2008 | 2 Comments »
OK, first of all I am Indian. As in, I’m from South India, born and raised, on the playground is where i spent most of my days…
but then i moved to the U.S
And i noticed a phenomenon that i’ve now come to understand takes place everywhere in the world.
See, in the states, it was very [...]