Bad Faith and the Language Learner: Why We Resist Speaking
“I’m just not a languages person.” I hear this in almost every intake session. It is said apologetically, as though the student is warning me that I have…
Tag: philosophy
June 14, 2026
The Stoic Teacher: Managing Outcomes You Cannot Control
Marcus Aurelius did not teach English as a foreign language. But he had students, he had days that did not go as planned, and he had the distinct…
June 14, 2026
Why I Teach: The Philosophical Case for Language Education
Language is not a pipe. It is a world. There is a question I return to regularly, usually on the mornings before a difficult lesson: why do I…