My name is Anna Varna and I am an English Language Teacher in Greek State Primary Schools. I have worked in many different settings during the last 18 years. I started teaching in private language school when I was still a University student back in 1992 and I still haven’t regretted it.
In this blog I want to write about my experiences in primary education, I want to share interesting resources in a more permanent way than Twitter and Facebook, I want to connect with fellow teachers all over the world. Most of all though I want to keep reflecting about my job right here, right now, in Greece, in a small rural school with all the problems and challenges and happiness this involves!
The name of this blog is taken from a book I read many years ago. NLP in ELT by Jane Revell and Susan Norman. Its stories still resonate with me, as a teacher and as a human being. It is a note to myself, especially now, hard times and all. The answer is always…
More connections :
My other blog (books, mainly in Greek) : http://annabooklover.wordpress.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/annabooklover
Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/annabooklover
Hi Anna,
I’m Thomas, from Chile. I work in an international high school in Santiago, Chile. Our students are very diverse as a result. You and I teach at different levels, yet we both share the same concerns about education, in general.
I like your blog, it’s really great. Your reflective, insightful way of approaching your topics resonates well with me.
I have recommended you highly on my Facebook page to other readers. I will return from time to time in the future to read your reflections, and to offer my responses after I’m finished reading.
Finally, I wish you a great and wonderful year in 2011!
Best regards,
Thomas
Welcome Thomas!
I love your blog! And I know the book In Your Hands very well. great book.
David
Thanks David! I loved your presentation at VRT too!
hi anna, great to learn more about you. i enjoyed looking through your blog and your piece about fb in particular caught my attention. how do we embrace technology and all that it can give us, and pass it on to our children for them to use it in a responsible way? it’s all still so new and constantly changing. certainly lots to think about…
Thank you for coming here Ana! Hope you will find more food for thought!
Hi Anna,
just followed a link from my own blog here, half expecting it to be Jane’s blog! I too found Jane Revell and Susan Norman’s book really special. I first worked with Jane in 1992 (another year I notice resonates with you), when we did some British Council training together in Hungary. Since then, we have trained and worked on writing projects, and you may be interested to hear that we are going to start writing together again later this month.
Hi Anna,
so glad I found you here, as well! you’ve done an amazing job…keep up
Hello there!
I’m a follower of yours in Twitter and I’ve been reading your blog (as consistently as I can) since I followed you.
I’m an English teacher (not permanently employed by the Ministry of Education- working mostly as a substitute teacher) and I’m about to apply for assistantship through the Comenius programme. Could I possibly ask you some questions before I make the application? Seems to be quite a procedure and none of the teachers in the school I work this year have ever participated in a Comenius programme…
If you think you do have time and could bother a little bit, I’ll be glad to hear from you! I’d appreciate it a lot! Thank you anyway
Hello Aristea!
I’d love to help you if I can. Contact me at : annavarna@gmail.com