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Silence and Redemption


This is a promotional post, let me be honest. 

I've started a YouTube channel. A way to keep me busy and cheerful during the retirement that I'm opting for from March 2025. But teaching runs in my veins. So I will continue to teach for as long as I can. 

My students have stopped listening in class saying that they can learn from YouTube. So I thought of shifting myself to YouTube. Let my students and anybody's students get better interpretations of lessons than what YouTube is currently providing. That's my intention. 

Since students of today want everything in capsule form, I intend to present all the lessons in just ten minutes. My presentations are titled A Lesson In 10 Minutes. Above is my ten-minute lesson on the poem Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda. 

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  1. Yamini MacLeanDecember 12, 2024 at 5:58 PM

    Hari Om
    Good for you... Feeling as if one is contributing even in retirement is very important. YAM xx

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    1. Tomichan MatheikalDecember 12, 2024 at 6:23 PM

      Thanks, Yam. I can't leave teaching for a while yet.

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  2. magiceyeDecember 12, 2024 at 6:42 PM

    Shall listen/view soon.

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    1. Tomichan MatheikalDecember 12, 2024 at 6:53 PM

      Take your time. It's meant for school students, though.

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  3. peppylady (Dora)December 13, 2024 at 3:17 AM

    I watch to much of you tube.

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  4. Liz A.December 13, 2024 at 6:51 AM

    That's a great idea. They don't want to listen to you? Then can listen to you on video. Easier on you ;)

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