Started lessons this week - poor Petros, he has to put up with me every day!
It is very strange actually, students have started calling me and it is still August. In the past years I had to call them and lessons would begin end of September!
It's the first time this year that I don't have to wait for a Frotesterio (language school) schedule. I am on my own here!! Hurray!
The money will not be that much and I won't have any insurance, but still, it is a relief that I won't have to answer to anyone but myself!!
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Protest rally in Thessaloniki
A special thanks to Craig who lend me some of his pictures. I came a bit late and missed most of the action...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Wiki auf Deutsch!!
I was browsing around yesterday, looking for new material for my lessons and I came across this page. It is one of the few Wiki spaces in German language and has to do with teaching and methodology.
I found it really interesting, especially for people who study to be teachers , for ASEP candidates
I found it really interesting, especially for people who study to be teachers , for ASEP candidates
or for teachers who'd like to refresh their knowledge!
Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
summer is coming to an end...
And I am still tired!!
This will be the last weekend on the beach. After that, lesson planning, visiting book exhibitions, calling up students (I've started doing that actually) and getting down to work.
I have a lot of ideas for this school year and I am sure I am going to try many things, because I will only be working with private students, I will have the equipment (pc, mobile phones, camera) and I will not have so much control. I hate exam oriented lessons, and although in Greece everything is passing the exam, I think I can help my students doing other things as well.
I want to use video a lot this year, and continue last year's projects (movie and book reviews, descriptions, songs, interviews etc)
At this point I'd like to thank Craig for all his wonderful ideas - and for letting me use them!
I hope I can be as productive and I wish everybody a great new school year
Monday, August 20, 2007
Postcards
Sunday, August 19, 2007
dedicated to my students
Although I am not fan of this music, I think my students will get the message!!!
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Kalamaria
Went shopping with Yianni yesterday - surprised to see that most people are still on holiday!!
I am so glad that it easn't so crowded, I just hate crowded places
I am so glad that it easn't so crowded, I just hate crowded places
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Empty city
Downtown today, to have some real coffee for a change... Everybody else is out of town, at some busy beach! I really enjoy strolls in the empty city...
Saturday, August 11, 2007
I am back at last!
I am so glad I am home again! I have told you this before - I am the ultimate city kid!
Can you blame me?
See for yourself what I had to go through every day to get some food!!!
Can you blame me?
See for yourself what I had to go through every day to get some food!!!
Friday, August 10, 2007
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Radio free albemuth
Probably the strangest book I have ever read! For some crazy reason though I kept reading and reading... I will not write anything about the plot. You have to find out on your own! Great sci fi - lots and lots of imagination.
Philip K Dick is the author of many "strange" books, including "Blade Runner"
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Monday in Likythos
Sunday in Marmaras
Monday, August 6, 2007
The Island
I started reading it, although I don't usually read this kind of books. To my surprise, I couldn't put it down! I finished it in a day! I got so absorbed, nothing else mattered! I just wanted to know what came next!
The story of a family, the story of an island. The story of a disease.
A wonderful story. Lively descriptions, great research. A fantastic job by Victoria Hislop. This is her first book, by the way.
PS. Reading this book, made me think. There are so many people suffering out there. Leprosy is a very serious disease, which CAN be fought, though. We can do something to help.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Devil in a blue dress
It is 1948 in LA. The hero is a black war veteran. This is the first book of the Easy Rawlings series. Easy tries to find a white girl. The book takes you back to this years. The language is sometimes hard to understand and there are too many killings... But all in all, the plot is interesting and it somehow holds you until the end!
Friday, August 3, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
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