Monthly Archives: January, 2018
Making a difference
Received this email while I was on transit to run some errands. When passioninlearning was started more than 7 years ago, the intent was to share some perspectives on how to help learners, based on my experiences as an educator. Sharing was in fact, intentionally done without a ‘journalistic element’, as I do feel that …
Subjunctive
Thought that it would be good to share this with readers, after a discussion with my students. Do note that for point (2), the use of “was” is not wrong. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/when-to-use-the-subjunctive
First written post of 2018
It has been quite some time since I wrote. Indeed, it can be convenient to write about syllabus of topics or solving questions, but it is equally important to adopt to bird’s eye view of academic learning. And, how time flies. In the blink of an eye, we are already in the third week of …
It’s not that bad after all…
This article sums up what I have been telling parents whose children were under my tutelage, that telling lies may not be a bad sign after all. While telling the untruth may be fundamentally wrong, it helps to shed light on the survival instincts of one child, as well as the street-smartness. If the lie …