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31 Oct, 17:36

One of my students said: "the Moon is beautiful from distance".

#oneLiner @temursolief

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27 Oct, 09:35

I asked ChatGPT to roast me. Here is the result

https://telegra.ph/I-asked-ChatGPT-4o-to-roast-me-10-27

I asked ChatGPT 4o to roast me

ChatGPT 4o You said: Roast me based on my previous prompts. It should be intense and long ChatGPT said: ChatGPT Alright, let’s dive into this roast. You, my friend, are like the linguistic Frankenstein of teaching prompts. It’s as if you’re orchestrating some kind of vocabulary boot camp for your st...

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Today one of my teenage students asked me an interesting question:

"Would you consider me as a groom candidate if you had a daughter?"

Startled by the absolute unexpectedness of the question, I replied with a question:

"Would you consider a guy like you as a right groom for your own daughter?"

There was some silence, of course.

But he is a funny intelligent guy as far as I know :)

Anyways, the rest is history.

But the real question is

Do you ask yourself this question?

If yes, how often?

Don't you think "accept me as who I am" is a woke mentality and hinders growth?

Don't you think giving precedes taking?

Think about it.

@temursolief #breakingMyFast

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10 Oct, 20:12

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“Everyone is dead except those with knowledge. All those with knowledge are asleep except for those who practice upon that knowledge. And those who practice upon their knowledge are deceived except those who are sincere in their practice. And those who are sincere always question their sincerity and never stop worrying until they set foot in paradise.” Imam Shafi

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7 Oct, 11:14

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Imagine you were gifted a golden ring. What would your after-initial reactions be?

Would you check if it were truly gold or not, or would you just be grateful for what you have and just appreciate the gift?

Wouldn't you care more about it, keeping it in good condition instead of waiting for a new gift?

We are the enemies of ourselves. Yet on top of that, we are self-righteous as well.

OK, you may not be. But I am.

The ego is the devil. It is the enemy that lives within me.

If you say it doesn't reside within you, your glasses to look at your soul must have gone too opaque.

We have shortcomings. So do the gifts granted to us.

Knowing this, would we accept them?

I think we would were we to accept ourselves.

@temursolief #justignoreit

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28 Sep, 14:54

Well, this is a perspective-shifting post by Ryan

https://ryanholiday.net/this-is-why-i-dont-have-goals-and-what-to-do-instead/

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This Is Why I Don’t Have Goals (And What To Do Instead) - RyanHoliday.net

I don’t have goals. I know that might seem a little crazy, but it’s true. I don’t. There’s not a certain amount of books I’m trying to write. There’s not a certain amount of books I’m trying to sell. I don’t have a “number” that I’m trying to hit financially. There’s not a certain number of download...

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27 Sep, 08:25

Has whining about something changed something? (silence) Nope. @temursolief

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27 Sep, 08:20

- Wait, I wanna fight with you.
- Come on, you already lost.
- How?
- I forgot your existence.

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22 Sep, 17:04

Soul is like a bird

The higher the bird flies, the farther it stays from dangers. In the same way, the higher the soul gets, the healthier it becomes.

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17 Sep, 07:59

I can't control everything, but some, including how I behave.

The rules I'm living with:

- Shut up most of the time
- Smile when necessary
- Keep your posture up
- Protect your dignity
- Never beg
- Expect nothing

@temursolief #stepsandmiles

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16 Aug, 15:09

Establishing Roles and Relationships

Students embarking on a language-learning experience may be feeling excited and motivated, or may be uncertain about their abilities. They may have certain expectations and concerns. They may be easy-going people, or very demanding ones. It is important to establish a positive learning environment from the start, and to let students know how things will operate in your classroom. So what to do?

- Plan for variety and balance in early lessons. For example, a lesson could include a game, some listening, a bit of grammar practice, a word matching task. If you have variety, it keeps everybody on their toes, keeps everybody happy, and leaves students feeling they have had fun and communicated in English, but have also learnt something tangible.

- Plan to vary interaction and activity type – don’t let students sit in the same place. Include pairwork and groupwork, mingles and games.

- Establish your role and teaching style – think about how you want students to see you. For example, if you want to be seen as a sympathetic, listening teacher then make sure the way you organise activities reflects this.

- Help students establish relationships – learners need to establish themselves in the group; that is why it is important everybody gets to know each other, work with each other, and feel comfortable no matter who their partner is. Some students will be quiet and insecure, others will be confident or will play the fool. Try to be as inclusive as possible and make everybody feel they have a role in the group.

Half of the suggestions start with the word "plan". That's how important planning is.

@temursolief #teaching #forANewClass

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16 Aug, 03:13

Uncle Taleb once said: If your anger decreases with time, you did injustice; if it increases, you suffered injustice. Oh, what a wise man you are. @temursolief

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15 Aug, 19:52

What Are You Driven By?

A day ago or so, we, me and some of my colleagues, were sitting on a bench, chilling together.

The phone of one of my colleagues rang an alarm at around 14:00.

He said: "This is the time when I really want to sleep, and at this very moment, this alarm goes off. Every time it does so, It shows my note to myself: In two months, I should pay off my father's debt. Then the sleep goes away."

That touches differently, doesn't it?

When it's about family, everything is less important than what the current matter is.

We are different. Different in a similar way.

We have different motivations. Oops, this word "motivation" definitely hurt the feelings of someone. I used it anyways :)

Knowing oneself is crucially important to find them.

It is because some of us consider the most common "reasons" as our reasons.

Just because it's cool to have those reasons.

Not knowing what we are truly driven by.

You may be driven by your ego. OK, accept it.

Turning a blind eye to these things causes nothing, but an internal chaos.

So now ask yourself:

What pushes you forward?

~ Solief

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15 Aug, 13:00

There is a reason for almost any form of behavior. Even for those that seem annoyingly irrational at times. @temursolief

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15 Aug, 12:49

Saying "no" twice is difficult when you really mean it @temursolief

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14 Aug, 17:30

There are various ‘getting to know you’ games that you could play to help break the ice. Here is one.

Bring in a bean bag or light rubber ball. Say: Hello, I’m John and throw the ball to another student. Prompt the student to say: Hello, I’m … and then say their name before throwing the ball to another student.

When the ball gets back to you, say: Hello, I’m John and this is … before throwing the ball to the student whose name you have said. It then becomes a memory game. Students must say their name and introduce another student before throwing the ball.

By the end of the game,students should have all memorised each other’s names.

@temursolief #forANewClass #teaching

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12 Aug, 23:43

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9 Aug, 21:58

Some subs here already know that I write letters to myself.

Sometimes in Uzbek, sometimes in English. I have shared few of their Uzbek version before.

It may sound somehow crazy because the audience of your writing is you, if you're not sharing it publicly.

Even when you share it in public, you're talking to yourself through the combination of squiggles.

Why would you write to yourself when you can speak?

I can't remember when I started writing, but first I did it for a sole purpose of recording my memories.

Then I found that writing helps to talk to my inner self, making a space for self-discovery or at least thinking.

When you speak, the number of words produced is around 180. When you just think, it is blazingly fast, at around 3000 or 4000 words, the science says.

But when you write, the word output is around 100, when you type, and 40-50 when you write by hand.

What's the matter with the words?

The less words, the more focus on each thought, the less distractions (fillers, etc).

Writing is slow thinking, but it is deep thinking. It is easier to analyze different thoughts and process them when writing rather than speaking or just thinking.

Writing also prevents your emotions from coloring your thoughts, which is an absolute necessity if you're going through an emotionally hard time.

Last year I attended a mentorship training of Azizbek aka Rahimov, and there too the importance of writing, specifically a reflection and mistakes made during the day, was highlighted and we were required to complete it everyday.

In the CELTA course too, after each teaching practice, we were supposed to write a reflection. One of our written assignments was also reflection-based writing.

This shows how important writing is.

Talking about writing letters to oneself, we are smarter than we know sometimes.

We mostly know the answers, but we just pretend that we don't or are unaware that we do.

Talking to self helps with that.

OK, let's set that knowledge thing aside. At least, it helps us to become more honest with ourselves.

For instance, how many lies are we telling to ourselves everyday? Why?

If a man has courage to dare to answer these questions in front of himself, living with self can become much easier and so can self-acceptance.

Most importantly, staying with yourself will definitely become more interesting. At least, that's one of the things I have found after writing to myself for a very long period of time.

Is there any structure to write to self? Nope. Go creative. Bring what you want to discuss with yourself to the table. And then just write. The page is yours.

One day your diary will become a book, later a good companion from the past in your elderly years.

@temursolief — #writing

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6 Aug, 19:54

If you happen to clean your room on your own, you know that the less stuff there is, the easier it is to clean because you don't have to wipe the items engulfed in dust one by one, which takes a lot of time if you aim for perfect purity.

People call it simplicity. Some call it a minimalistic lifestyle. I actually don't care what label it has so long as it is what it is. A room with a few most important items and big space. Easy to clean. Organized. Satisfying in a harmless way :)

Just like our room, in my opinion, sometimes our life needs some decluttering. We can be living with false hopes, wrong goals, garbage priorities, and nonsense people. So, a quick regular tidy-up and removal of the unnecessary bunch indeed refresh our lives.

For sure, there is always a tendency towards chaos lurking on the horizon, seasoned with an element of uncertainty. But it is what it is. If we don't declutter, it will only exacerbate.

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6 Aug, 13:04

“It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met.”

—Yoshida Kenko

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