Blogging about crypto as I learn
7 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.12
You know me. I have been obsessively stacking my sats from various sources. One motivation was that I wanted to see if I could purchase a gift card on the Bitrefill platform with Bitcoin. Honestly, it would probably be more worth the while if I just...
7 Dec 2022 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei $0.18
My mother-in-law asked if I was worried about my boy’s academic results, to which I responded that 心の強さ (resoluteness of the heart) was more important than results. Now, resoluteness of the heart is an ambiguous phrase as it is so encompassing bu...
5 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.07
Never give up. So, as you can see, it all begins with your mindset. You have to first master the power of YET and embrace the growth mindset. Believe that you have the ability to learn new things and not feel disappointed when you make mistakes. When...
1 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.09
Reading Aloud refers to the ability to read aloud with a focus on the correct number of words read, expression, phrasing, smoothness and pace. Students are expected to be able to read a short passage with appropriate expression, phrasing, smoothness...
29 Nov 2022 2 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei $0.18
Yesterday, I officially became a father of two. This was great timing because in my country, December is the school holidays, also affectionately known as "Protected Time" among teachers because they have the whole month to themselves to rest and rec...
24 Nov 2022 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei $0.14
We scoff at the idea of work-life harmony, thinking that we are settling for less because work-life balance is an elusive ideal that cannot be attained. But today, I thought I got a taste of what work-life harmony ought to feel like. So, being the ha...
15 Nov 2022 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei $0.32
Finished my work review at 3pm. I could stay on to clear some of the pending tasks on my to-do list but I made the only rational decision. I switched off my laptop and left for home. The work review was the ONE thing I wanted to accomplish that day....
13 Nov 2022 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.10
15 minutes into the School-based Dyslexia Remediation (SDR) workshop, I had to confess to the trainers that I didn’t know how to annotate on the Zoom Whiteboard. But it was good that I plucked up the courage to ask them, for I learnt that once the ho...
10 Nov 2022 4 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei $0.18
I received training as an Educational Therapist by my school this year, and my increased responsibility was to help dyslexic students overcome their difficulties with reading and writing. Now, I am given the chance to state my frank opinions in order...
9 Nov 2022 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei $0.14
To me, the most interesting thing that arose from the School-based Dyslexia Remediation 2.0 workshop was that students would be guided to do goal setting every week. Even if these low-progress students made incremental progress every week, the instru...
