Teaching English from the edge of the map
La Réunion sits in the Indian Ocean, 9,000 kilometres from Paris and about as far from the London publishing world as a French territory can get. When I…
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June 14, 2026
Teaching with ADHD: What My Neurodivergent Brain Taught Me About Learning
I was diagnosed with ADHD in my late thirties. By then I had already taught hundreds of hours of English, managed teams in high-pressure hospitality environments, and built…
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…