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  • My Beautiful Week of Spiritual Activity

    Last week, I took a break from my blog to immerse myself into some deep studying of the Scriptures and the foreign language Haitian Creole.  I attended my first Haitian Creole Pioneer Service School- virtually on Zoom, of course.  It was a faith-strengthening, encouraging, educational, everything I knew it was going to be.  My head is still full of all the knowledge I’ve acquired.

    Just one of the nice gifts I received while in “virtual” pioneer school.

    Help me Grow as a Teacher

    This week-long school taught all 19 of us how to use questions and illustrations to effectively teach people Bible truth.  The demonstrations and discussion sections in our textbook helped give us sound advice on doing this.  I was reminded of the importance of showing personal interest in people by just striking a simple conversation.  Several of us were given advice on how to effectively teach people in settings we’re typically uncomfortable with, such as over the phone.  But after this school, we felt better about contacting people in this manner.

    Grow as a Person

    The Pioneer Service School has taught me how to be a better daughter, friend, sister, and most importantly a servant of Jehovah.  It taught me how to draw closer to him and his son Jesus Christ.  While I can’t say that I’m a perfect person because of this school.  We all are a work in progress.  However, this school has given me the advice needed to draw close to my loved ones and my heavenly father. 

    This is truly important because of the world we’re currently living in.  By staying close to Him and his wonderful son for strength, we will be able to endure these trials with courage.

    Grow in my Knowledge of this Language

    I have been learning the Haitian Creole language for almost 4 years now and it has been such a rewarding experience.  I’ve wanted to learn this language to reach and teach more people about God’s message from the Bible.  During these past 4 years, I have managed to do just that by finding and sharing encouraging scriptures with Haitian people here.  While I’m far from fluent, I truly have come a long way since first starting to learn Haitian Creole.

    It has certainly been a joy to be a part of this school.  I’ve learned so much and I hope to do the best I can in applying what I learn.  Do you have a certain week you like to call, “your best week ever” like last week was for me?  Feel free to share in the comments section below or share something else positive that is on your mind.  As always, like or share this post with someone you know.

  • How English Teachers could Manage Stress

    Over these past few months, I have been teaching English online to Japanese students and it has been really nice.  However, there are plenty of online and offline English teachers like me who sometimes undergo the everyday stress of teaching.  What practical methods could we use to manage this condition?  Is there such thing as “good stress?”  Here are four proven methods in managing stress levels as a teacher.

    Many teachers fall prey to dealing with everyday stress

         One student I tutored recently online shared with me some information about how teachers could manage stress.  In this PowerPoint presentation, she shared some insightful things.  One thing is that it’s important to know how stress works in our minds and bodies.  This involves knowing about yourself and how you respond stress.  So it’s vital that we must pay attention to how we deal with different situations and circumstances.

            Once we identified how stress impacts us, we must figure out how to overcome it.  The number one way of doing this is social support.  You can’t be afraid to ask for help when things become too much for you to handle.  This is an occasional weakness for me and it probably is for most teachers.  We have to realize that as imperfect people we can only do so much.  That’s why a lot of teachers have assistants to help them with their daily duties.

         However, some stress could be good for you.  In the article, “9 Stress Management Strategies Every Teacher Needs to Know,” health psychologist Kelly McGonigal states that viewing your stress in constructive ways will actually cause your body to respond to it differently and prevent long-lasting physical damage.  However, if you continuously view it in negative ways, you will succumb to various detrimental health outcomes.  So, sometimes it’s beneficial to embrace the stress.

         I like this last method and I feel it is something we all need to practice more.  It is working smarter, not harder.  Teaching people doesn’t have to be stressful and hard.  It could be the opposite.  By choosing to work smarter as a teacher, you could find ways to delegate some of your work to other people.  Another way to work smarter is to invest in tech software and tools that could help in getting your work done in a timely manner.

         Being a teacher isn’t easy.  In fact, it could be a stressful job if we allow it to be.  But if you consider following these methods of managing stress, you will do well in this line of work.  For more methods in managing stress as a teacher, visit www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/9-stress-management-strategies-every-teacher-needs-know1612.html.  Also, here is the link to the PowerPoint presentation mentioned earlier – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r65iO8M4NGU5XX10AW3m70N-QP0vGt_Q/view.

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