I constantly review my teaching practices, whether by rechecking a way to deliver a class, an exercise, my own posture, etc. These days two different things happened that got me thinking about the reason behind them. I would like to share both with you. One student went to South Africa. I encouraged her to study there, gave some studying tips and suggestions – having studied abroad myself – and we had a class the day before she left. As usual, we talked a great amount and when we said goodbye I wished her a merry Christmas, Happy New Year and she’d have a great time in Cape Town. I thought I wouldn’t hear from her again before January 2018 because she will be back when I am on holidays; nevertheless, she texted me from the airport with a picture of her passport and herself in front of the gate. It’s not a kind of student who has never travelled abroad. In fact, she’s just come back from Europe. But her gesture of sending me those pictures warmed my heart. Another student’s...