Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Quick Tips for Speaking Well

In this episode, I read a story called "Charlie". It's an interesting story about a young man and an old woman who have a conversation while waiting for the bus. The story was found on manwrites.com, a blog for English learners and teachers.    

You can read the story here: https://manwrites.com/charlie-a-short-story-lesson-plan-for-english-reading-speaking-vocabulary/ 

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T.E.A. Time with Tayvin Bayless 

TEA Time story # 2 Charlie

Sientes que eres otra persona cuando hablas un idioma diferente a tu lengua nativa? ¿Te has preguntado por qué te comportas, sientes o piensas de manera distinta según el idioma que usas? Si tus respuestas son afirmativas, no eres el único o única. Muchas personas que hablan más de un idioma experimentan cambios en su personalidad al cambiar de lengua. ¿Sabes a que se deben estos cambios y qué implicaciones tienen para nuestro cerebro y nuestra vida? ¿Qué tan diferentes somos cuando hablamos idiomas? Hoy los develaremos.

Español con todo 

¿Qué tan diferentes somos cuando hablamos idiomas?

In this interview I interview Zelus Smith on his opinion on genetic manipulation, cloning, and eugenics.

The Jerome Meadows Experience

Designer Babies 

Have you ever hurt your neck while watching TV and wondered if it's been mounted too high? Well, you're not the only one. In fact, there are hundreds of thousands of people who discuss the subject on Reddit every day.

From breaking news to fandoms, and from memes to life's biggest questions, Reddit is a website that encourages people to discuss any subject that interests them.

The platform has over 100,000 communities, or "subreddits," that are created by users. And a subreddit about TV placement is in the top 1% of popular communities.

The community known as "TV Too High" is among the website's largest, with over 200,000 members. Here, photos of TVs in homes, hotels and other spaces are posted and often met with hundreds of comments discussing whether or not the TV has been placed at a good height.

One photo posted to the community in September 2024 showed a TV mounted above a door, with one user commenting, "Spiders on the ceiling fan have a great view."

Another photo showing a TV mounted above a staircase received over 500 comments, with one user saying, "This might be the worst one I've ever seen."

But is there a perfect height for a TV?

One user posted a guide based on advice from the subreddit. It included things like: "If when standing the TV is at eye level, IT IS TOO HIGH," and, "If the TV is angled down, IT IS TOO HIGH."

Another user posted a photo of a guide from a TV manufacturer. It said the best height for a TV when viewing while sitting down is 107 centimeters from the center of the TV screen to the floor — although some users said this was still too high!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Is Your TV Too High? Reddit Weighs In

Hey! Thank you for listening to the second episode of School's Out. 🙂 In this episode we talked about different time words. 🕰 Don't forget to write one new thing you learned from today's episode down in the comments below! 🤗