Tag: life lessons

• ESL Mixologist: What’s the deal?

  

  I am never just teaching an English class! I am on the lookout for new insights or epiphanies I may have while talking about vocab, grammar or functional language. ESL Mixologist is all about my journey as an ESL teacher who just can’t get over the serendipitous glimpses into the parallel universe of philosophy while…

  Claire Maria Ford

  July 10, 2019

  connecting, Culture, employee engagement, esl, growth mindset, human resources, Linguistics, motivation, personal development, responsibility, teaching, Uncategorized, vocabulary;, workplace wellbeing

  connections, esl teaching, human relations, learning, life learning, life lessons

• When you’re aiming for the moon…

  

  Beresheet may have crashed, but for a moment we raised our eyes to the heavens. The headline of the Times of Israel article  (first in links below) couldn’t help but grab my attention. I wondered what the article would say about ‘raising our eyes to the heavens’ and began to read. I was so glad…

  Claire Maria Ford

  April 12, 2019

  dreams, failure, goal setting, growth, growth mindset, Mindfulness, motivation, personal development, Uncategorized

  hopes, learning, life, life lessons, mental health, motivation, personal development, philosophy, psychology, purpose, reflections, school, wishes, work

• 3 Lessons My Students Taught Me

  

  I came across this quote on my Facebook page this week, a gif shared by the BrainPower Neurodevelopmental Center in Newburgh, Indiana. At first, I thought about my home situation; the older my sons become, the more I realize they are their own selves. What a myth to believe that kids become what parents ‘make’…

  Claire Maria Ford

  March 31, 2019

  personal development

  cognitive psychology, learning, life lessons, parenthood, personal development, philosophy, professional development, teacher life