Blogging about crypto as I learn
2 Oct 2022 1 minute read 7 comments cryotosensei
Just curious…what brought you to Publish0x? Last year, my new year resolution was to monetise my writing. To this end, I maintained a blog and successfully got it approved by Google Adsense. However, to my dismay, I realised that I had to accum...
1 Oct 2022 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
I kinda knew that ‘q’ and ‘u’ are an inseparable pair, but it was only until this year that I learnt that “q and u stick together like glue”. It’s a spelling rule that Stef Wade uses to great effect because she employs her imagination to spin a story...
26 Sep 2022 3 minute read 4 comments cryotosensei
To start with, let me preface this with a disclaimer. If we go by the conventional measures of success, I am not there yet. My better articles met me about 30 cents; I have not reached 1000 followers yet; and I seldom get tons of likes and comments f...
14 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
1. Be familiar with the amount of money you have first. 2. Pay yourself first. Transfer money automatically to bank account. 3. Be guilt-free when you spend money. 4. Determine your needs. Spend money fulfilling basic needs. 5. Have a self-love fu...
12 Sep 2022 3 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
I wrote about my top 8 grossing articles in July and thought that I would make it a monthly routine. If I want to become the best writer, I have to be attuned into readers’ interests and find that sweet ground in which my writing passions converge w...
10 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The half-annual work review session is around the corner. I typically don’t like such sessions because I feel that my good work should speak for itself. When we state the things we do for our students and the impact these actions create, we can’t hel...
28 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The conventional wisdom is that when a child learns two languages, his acquisition of vocabulary will be slower than that of a monolingual child. But from my experience, there was at least one instance in which his knowledge of the English word helpe...
22 Aug 2022 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
It’s official. After applying the fingerspelling and Look Say Cover White Check strategies, your charges are hooked on learning spelling, Yes, their enthusiasm is not a hoax. (Btw, true story. My lower secondary school teacher used to separate the...
21 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Your students proudly declare to you that they have practised incredibly hard for the Spelling Bee last weekend. Their eyes full of fiery determination, they ask if you can give them more words to hone the use of the fingerspelling and Look Say Cover...
14 Aug 2022 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
A great thing about being a newly appointed literacy coach is that it converges my professional and personal lives. This week, I determined that a student had sufficient exposure to the three sounds of ‘y’ and decided to move on to the digraph ‘-oy’....
