This is how I find myself these days...

... but surrounded by books !

Did you know it?

Don't you thank God when it's Friday ??

TGIF stands for Thanks God it's Friday and we can perfectly say it TODAY !!!

Enjoy your weekend !!

Lesson: Don't use double negatives !

- + - = +
 !!!!!

What's his name? :D

don't tell me you didn't laugh 

You have to watch this !

I must confess it. I looooove this man! For the ones who don't know him, he's a British actor who became famous for his tv series House MD (aka Doctor House). Mind you, this tv show was American, and he had to modify his British accent to perform his character!
Hugh Laurie: excellent actor   -  House MD : excellent tv series!
This video shows him and Ellen Degeneres playing a game of American slang versus English slang.  How many of these do you know? are you more American or Brit?

 

I couldn't agree more

What's your mindset?

adapted from: vox.com

There's some really interesting work by Carol Dweck, at Stanford. She's shown that students tend to have one of two mindsets about learning.

IT TURNS OUT THAT MINDSETS PREDICT HOW WELL STUDENTS END UP DOING

"One is a fixed learning model. It says, 'I have a certain amount of talent for this topic — say, chemistry or physics — and I'll do well until I hit that limit. Past that, it's too hard for me, and I'm not going to do well.' The other mindset is a growth mindset. It says that learning involves using effective strategies, putting aside time to do the work, and engaging in the process, all of which help you gradually increase your capacity for a topic.

"It turns out that the mindsets predict how well students end up doing. Students with growth mindsets tend to stick with it, tend to persevere in the face of difficulty, and tend to be successful in challenging classes. Students with the fixed mindset tend not to.

"So for teachers, the lesson is that if you can talk to students and suggest that a growth mindset really is the more accurate model — and it is — then students tend to be more open to trying new strategies, and sticking with the course, and working in ways that are going to promote learning. Ability, intelligence, and learning have to do with how you approach it — working smarter, we like to say."

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.