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THE CARROT, THE EGGAND THECOFFEE BEANS :THE CARROT, THE EGGAND THECOFFEE BEANS A story adapted for teachers
Let’s start with three pots of boiling water. :Let’s start with three pots of boiling water.
Slide 3: In the first pot, let’s put some carrots.
Slide 4: In the second pot, let’s put some eggs.
Slide 5: In the third pot, let’s put some coffee beans, ground into powder.
Slide 6: Let all 3 pots boil for 15 minutes. Take out what you put in.
Slide 7:The carrots went in hard.
They are now soft. The eggs went in soft inside.
Now they are hard inside.
Slide 8:But the water has the color and the wonderful smell of coffee. The coffee powder has disappeared.
Slide 9:Now think about
teaching
. Teaching is not always easy.
Teaching is not always relaxing.
Sometimes teaching is very hard.
Slide 10:We work very hard but get few results.
What happens when we face difficulties? Things don’t happen like we wish.
People don’t treat us like we hope.
Slide 11:Now think about the pots. The boiling water is like the problems in our classrooms.
Slide 12:We can be like the carrots. We go in
strong and prepared. We come out soft and confused.
Slide 13:We get very tired.
We lose hope.
We give up. There is no more fighting spirit. Don’t be like the carrots!
Slide 14:We can be like the eggs. We start with a soft and sensitive heart. We end up very hard and unfeeling inside.
Slide 15:We hate others.
We don’t like ourselves. We become hard-hearted. There is no warm feeling, only bitterness. Don’t be like the eggs!
Slide 16:We can be like the coffee beans. The water does not change the coffee powder. The coffee powder changes the water!
Slide 17:The water has become different because of the coffee powder.
See it.
Smell it.
Drink it.
The hotter the water, the better the taste.
Slide 18:We can be like the coffee beans. We make something good from the difficulties we face. We learn new things.
Slide 19:We have new knowledge, new skills, new abilities. We grow in experience.
Slide 20:We make the world around us better.
Slide 21:To succeed, we must try… and try again.
We must believe in what we are doing.
We must not give up.
We must be patient.
We must keep pushing.
Slide 22:Problems and difficulties give us the chance to become stronger… and better… and tougher.
Slide 23:What are we like when things
do not go well?
Are we like the carrot… or the egg… or the coffee beans?
Slide 24:Be like the coffee beans!
Visit EFL Classroom 2.0 “When one teaches, TWO learn.” :Visit EFL Classroom 2.0 “When one teaches, TWO learn.”