Scaffolding Schemata

Cruwel and Saynt have been together for almost a decade now. Two kids, stable relationship. Of course they have their ups and downs, their cycles, but they always come out of it safely. They seem to think they are meant for each other despite the difficulties. Nothing exceptional. Recently, Cruwel was surfing the internet, you know, looking for fun stuff to take his mind off the daily troubles. He came across a post on 9gag . He decided to pose the question to Saynt. She came up with a long list of possibilities: artist, art teacher, biologist working deep into the forest to save endangered animals, bookshop owner and others he could not remember after a few seconds.  Bookshop owner. This seemed to be the definitive one. A bookshop with several storytelling time throughout the day and maybe with a café. Yes, this is it. Cruwel was more objective - as usual: I'd be either a sniper or a fighter pilot. The only detail was the jet, probably an F22 Raptor. Saynt's fa

Brasilia, October 3, 2014. Colégio Mackenzie. BrazTesol One-Day Seminar "Be all you can be". For years now I have been reflecting on careers and career management. I have been applying business management concepts to managing the teaching career and sometimes even managing the classroom and its surroundings. •    2010, Generation Y - together with other branch managers at Cultura Inglesa, we studied generation Y clients (yes, clientes); •    2012, How many careers do teachers have? - a presentation in which I applied strategic planning principles to career management; •    2013, Telling career stories - a presentation again about careers, but this time it was on the different possible careers on EFL based on the stories of real professionals. This time, I am going back to the school environment to apply negotiation principles to the (sometimes) difficult task of relating to students' parents. This One-Day Seminar theme is just perfect: Be all yo