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Confessions of a slacker

Confessions of a slacker



September 19, 2017

breather inI prep and I plan and I go, go, go!

I teach and I talk and  say no, no, no!

It’s vocab

Then grammar

And adverbs of manner

It’s iPads and apps ….

And students taking naps!

 

It’s an open plan work space

And we all have our place

There’s far too much noise!

It gets on my case!

There’s gossip, and chatter

And small things that don’t matter

It’s crazy and annoying

My blood is boiling!

 

My fellow teachers, I am a slacker. I slack off regularly and often!

I sit at my desk, I chill and I soften.

I take a mini mind-break.

I could reach for the cheesecake.

But what good would that do

When you’re already stressed and blue?

Pause,”  says leadership coach, Anakha Coman. Stop. Breathe.  Do nothing else. Three minutes is all that’s needed. Mindfulness has found its way into the corporate environment under the auspices of Coman’s Awake at Work program. Her institute offers companies the benefits of her program which is designed to access sources of creativity, insight and collaboration for all employees.

With Happiness featuring strongly on the local agenda, I am inspired to take ownership of how I create, communicate and collaborate during 40 hours a week…

to teach, to persuade

It’s hard work, you know

We don’t have it made!

….and that’s why micropractice  can help you improve your corner of the world, your workspace in a busy faculty area, your contact time with students. And especially on those days when,

the fullstop, the comma

Six hours I teach… And students come back at you…

“English is so boring,  Miss!

We watch Turkish drama?”

Some of these micropractices are available on Coman’s blog (www.awakeatworktraining.com). We might still have

no fortune, but some talent  in this job that we do

 Teaching the youth of today

To their purpose

be true.

So here’s my advice if you’re a teacher like me

Breathe in, breathe out and you will see

You’ll be stronger for longer

A champion you will be.

September 19, 2017
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Shifa Desai

Shifa Desai

ESL teacher interested in the holistic development of professionals. She collects stories of teachers' accounts of the lows and wows of classroom life and the job of living.
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