Category: August 2026–Break

A Nice Long Rest By: Klaus P. Michelsen I had simply lost count. I had promised myself countless times I’d never go back to the full-time torture of teaching. Stress.

Retirement is Bittersweet By: Meredith Stephens A kind of rest, in the form of early retirement, was imposed on me by the pandemic. After the Australian international borders were closed,

Brain Breaks Before Exams By: Jocelyn Wright When do our students need breaks the most? As I write this, it is the final exam period in South Korea. The semester

Crawling Along the Cool-ish Wall By: Heather Kretschmer Recently, I was teaching a large group of students in one of our smaller classrooms. The mid-afternoon sun shone mercilessly through the

Teresa By: Miria Munoz Editor’s Note: The illustrations in this piece were generated using an AI image-generation tool by the author and are reproduced as supplied. The Mind, Brain, and

Rest Assured! Give Me My Time – And You’ll Get Yours! By: Greg Rouault The compulsory courses I have been teaching at my current institution with up to 35 students

The Disappearing Countdown Clock for Mid-Class Breaks in Long University Lectures By: Brian G. Rubrecht For many years, a 100-minute English lecture course on the history of Western philosophy has

Rescuing Brains During Presentations By: Curtis Kelly “The simple act of moving your body will do more for your brain than any riddle, math equation, mystery book, or even thinking

Physical Movement in the Classroom: Language in Motion By: Birgit Neuroth-Hartmann When I arrived for class one gloomy morning, my class (Spanish CEFR Level B2.1) was more tired than usual.

One Minute at the Window By: P. Sathish Kumar Among the many brain-break activities I have tried over the years, one has stood the test of time. It requires no