“There’s no such thing as on time, there’s only early and late”
Lots of TEFL extensions of that too:
“There’s no such thing as the right amount of preparation, there is only too little or too much”
“There’s no such thing as the right number of worksheets, there are only too few or too many”
Etc
Got any etcs for me? Any personal mottos you’d like to share? If not, think I’ve stretched this motto theme as far as I possibly can. Coming up next- an interview with a Marxist TEFLer/ TEFLing Marxist.
TEFL sucks you in when your young and unencumbered and then spits you out when you are older and have a wife and kids.
Hoping that is your motto for TEFL rather than your personal motto…
I was thinking “there is no such thing as the right amount of students, only too many or too few.”
Isn’t that always the way?
There’s no such thing as students who talk just the right amount, only those who talk too much or too little.
There is no such thing as on time– unless you have a Swiss watch.
There is no such thing as the right number of worksheets–unless the photocopying machine lives in your classroom.
There is no such thing as bad weather–unless you have a broken umbrella.