Tag Archives: Student

On (Turkish?) teaching tactics: Roses grow where a teacher hits? Hocanın vurduğu yerde gül biter


Lately, dear readers, when I am not in the midst of a TSA “special” line, I have written much about the fact that I have been grading papers – a lot of papers. As you may have gathered, it is … Continue reading

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Puppet laryngitis: On (untold) stories, (student) soldiers and writing: Part III


So, as I mentioned yesterday, the puppets have laryngitis this week, so I am doing all the talking – although there is quite a bit of pantomiming going on! After they basically tricked  me into posting about the role of … Continue reading

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