Throughout the whole period of their preparation students can come to the conclusion that test scores are what make them successes or failures. As educators it is important we help our students understand that life isn’t made up of test scores. Real success is made up of hard work, persistence, personal growth, and more!

Mirjalol is the real proof that success is inevitable once you study not for the result but self-growth. I have a habit of asking my students when they would like to sit in an IELTS exam to get the score. While most people's answers are usually "Next month", "After 5 months", "In the spring" or something of that ilk, his answer was the one that I liked/enjoyed most. His answer was "WHENEVER I AM READY"

That, in my opinion, is how all students should start to think about gaining knowledge, for it is NOT easy. Look at our great ancestors such as Ibn Sina or Beruniy - they did not give themselves deadlines to learn something. They just LEARNED.

To conclude, I want to quote Natalie Portman: "I hate studying, I love learning - learning is beautiful"

P.S. Learn and do not study if you really want to achieve great feats

@ray_elc

Dedicated to my morning group who are having a 10-hour lesson tomorrow 😂

While I am barely getting up, I didn't want to spend my fourth day of sickness absenteeism in vain.

Here are some sickness related vocabulary.

P.S. Take care of yourselves guys

🤒😷🤧 SICKNESS VOCABULARY

You are more likely to get sick during this season, so here are some expressions that, unfortunately, you might find useful at this time of year:

✨ CATCH A COLD / PICK UP A COLD
Meaning: Catch means get, so catch a cold means get a cold. We can also say pick up a cold.

e.g.

I caught a cold from my brother. I hope I don't give it to anyone.

I don't feel very well today, I think I have picked up a cold.

✨ COME DOWN WITH A COLD
Meaning: When we become sick we say have come down with a cold.

e.g.

He won't be joining us today because he's come down with a cold.

I must be coming down with a cold, I can't stop sneezing.

✨ GET OVER (SOMETHING)
Meaning: When we get over a cold or illness we recover and regain our health.

e.g.

I can't seem to get over this cold, I've had it for nearly a week now.

✨ ON MEDICATION
Meaning: When we have to take medicine for a medical problem, we say we are on medication.

e.g.

He's been on medication for his bad stomach for a few weeks.

You shouldn't drink alcohol when you are on medication.

✨ UNDER THE WEATHER
Meaning: This idiom is used when we are not feeling well.

e.g.

I'm feeling under the weather today, perhaps I should go home.

✨ SICK AS A DOG
Meaning: Feeling very, very sick.

e.g.

I was sick as a dog all weekend, I just stayed in bed.

✨ LIKE DEATH WARMED UP
Meaning: When you look sick or very tired, you look like death warmed up.

e.g.

Why have you come to work today, you look like death warmed up? You should go straight home!

✨ AT DEATH'S DOOR
Meaning: When you feel or look very sick you are at death's door. It is often used as an exaggeration, you do not need to be dying to use it.

e.g.

Poor James is at death's door, he's been sick all week.

#funny

English is sometimes challenging for the English themselves. And you think that the problem is you 😂

#Reading

► The Economist – November 19th/25th, 2022

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