CryptoSensei

CryptoSensei

chronicles of an English teacher


The Double Cs Of Crypto And Covid

23 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

Early this morning, I was sipping my coffee when my colleague joined me for breakfast. He asked me a question that immediately galvanised my weary soul, “Are you playing with crypto now?” He then went on to mention how our mutual colleague was making...

If Only Reading Comprehension Examinations Were As Engaging As My Passages

22 Sep 2021 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

So bored with exam preparation for the Primary School Leaving Examination that I decided to write mini comprehension passages and get my kids to learn about topics that interest and intrigue me. You read it here first. (In case I get headhunted to wr...

Happy Teachers’ Day 2021

2 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

In Singapore, we celebrate Teachers’ Day. Actually, we celebrate Children’s Day too, and it just so happens that Teachers’ Day comes before Children’s Day. And trust this unorthodox teacher to turn a motivational occasion into something quite transac...

A Non-Results-Oriented Teaching Week

27 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

This week, I’m really proud of myself as a teacher. Not because my Primary 6 students performed extraordinarily well for their Prelim but because I stubbornly refused to release the results to them.   I thought I should slow down their pace of lif...

Preparing Students For Primary School Leaving Examination

22 Aug 2021 2 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

Disclaimer: Given that we spend so much of our time at our jobs, I thought I would start a new blog titled "CryptoSensei". "Sensei" means teacher in Japanese, so I want to explore how my full-time job impacts the way I look upon the crypto world. Th...