Lights're on

This phrase always makes me smile. It represents the absence of mental activity in the people's minds in very kindly manner.

Meaning:

• Someone who is mentally vacant (according to urban dictionary); 
• Something that you say when you think someone is stupid, or when someone does not react because they are thinking about something else (foun on free dictionary); 

There's even a song with this awesome idiom here.

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Meeting Students' Needs

Our lives are full of challenges and demands.

As a teacher, I feel myself in constant hunt for new materials and methods. This inner state of searching is quite stressful itself. In addition to it, we have students with different needs. Sometimes to hear their needs & objectives in learning and stick to them while teaching is hard work.

Recently I have met adult people who are successful in their careers. They are aware of business procedures of goal setting and getting specific results. In other words, adult students from international companies realize what they want to achieve in short-term milestones.

• Do we plan our lessons in accordance with our students' objectives? 

• Do we adjust our plans and methods to students' needs? 

• Do our students feel satisfied with the progress?

I think it is important to ask yourselves this question from time to time. Having some good plan for teaching, the material taken from some excellent book cannot be just good enough.

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