Teacher with Feature

When people watch T.V. or pass in their cars by certain road advertisements or boards, they embrace special titles that tame their inner needs of shopping. A major part of an advertisement is spent on coming up with a "Catchy Title" for their boards. "Your change can make a change" is a statement used to urge people to donate. Another example would involve the following statement: "The job of today starts tomorrow" . The previous phrases show how much people are manipulative when using the English language. Marketing and advertising special products tend to move towards using "Manipulated language forms". We can really see that popular faces are put on large boards yet not as intensive as before. Language whether natural or the so called "chat" language is dominating the market of items and products. I hope that we can revive our languages even if we started by using them as ways for selling and marketing. Our language is a major part o...

I hear this word around 200 times a day from my students. Most of the times when I hear this word, I go back to my heart and ask myself "Am I a real teacher?". We all know the common criteria for being a teacher such as content knowledge and good classroom management techniques. However, when the word " Teacher Shaikha" echoes in my ear, I realize that my small students are asking for my power to save me. Have you ever thought why students sometimes get mixed up and call you "MOM?". Children see us as the replacement for their mothers sometimes. The ones you teach give you this responsibility of delivering, managing, and accommodating their emotional states. I get really surprised when I see teachers responding in a rude way to a student's call. As a teacher, I keep asking myself for ways to improve and asses my students' needs as much as possible. " Teacher !!!" isn't just a nickname, it is a quest that you have to rush to fulfill ...

I remember that the most critical period of my life were my "Teenage" years. Quick actions in rebellious moments were the core of my life. I wanted to rebel even against myself. I spent my nights and days seeking the pieces of my scattered personality. No one was there to help or offer a hand because I thought I knew everything back then. When people gave me pieces of advice, I used to ignore them because it was my OWN LIFE and no one had the right to interfere and flip my "fake" peaceful life. The consequences of my decisions became to throw the dust around them as I started shaping my real personality. There was no choice of going back, no possibility and I had to bear everything. Realizing that I am stuck and I might spend my whole life regretting and  living the decisions I made, I decided NOT to regret. Now, the actions that seemed to cost me my whole life seem ridiculous. I just feel , like any teenager moving to adulthood, how silly I was. " Never reg...

How wonderful is it to listen to music and feel the tunes flowing with your emotions? I used to seek  music whenever I felt that I miss something. Music could really freshen my soul. I haven't known before that much about music. People would spend twelve years just to learn how to play the piano!! It is a major equal to learning medicine. I have came to a conclusion that music isn't just about the ready product we listen to. No, it is a continuous process of creating and evolving based on other's work and sometimes coming up with a melody that no one has ever created. You have to be full of abilities in order to try and fail and then try again! psychological studies have shown that a person would outperform himself and others when he is in the highest degrees of frustration and depression. Whether it is sadness or happiness, creating music requires highly sophisticated emotions. Only those people with the saddest experiences can translate their inner confusions into a very ...

I have grown up to the fact that friendship is sacred. No one can interfere between friends and the bond is to be kept forever. I guess that was a "Fairy Tale" because no friendship is as pure as the criteria set for it. No girl is as pure as snow white or as beautiful as Cinderella's soul. My friends were many and I chose those who taught me harsh lessons. I can't move on without stopping at amazing memories that strengthened our bond. However, the only thing I regret is my " dedication" to my friends.  I was there for them in exactly every moment of their lives. The bitter sweet times were plenty but I was the run away every time. I finally realized that I was their shelter whenever the rain was hard on them. When this shelter had no more wings to protect them....They ran away. No one was there to help me regather my pieces and build my self again. I just built myself on the ruins of their Friendship.  Although it kills inside to see their memories from a...

So okay, we went to the AUB and we saw how fancy it is. Was it really fancy or that was just our pre-assumed perspective of it? No one can ever deny how important this university is! However, I hate it when other universities and other students look down at themselves when they are compared with the students of the American University of Beirut. As an English teacher pursuing her TD program, I felt like I was part of the knowledge presented there. I went there maybe expecting to see something unusual yet the topics flashed immediately in my mind. I was capable of analyzing and lecturing sometimes the lecturer about his poster. I admit that the jobs they did were special and took a lot of time but nothing was exceptional. The main reason wasn't because I knew these topics based on a personal effort. My dedicated instructors had taught me this and we even did similar researches concerning the topics. Our university is not less then the AUB. You can tell that from even our accents and...