Meet Your Teachers – John Calton

Posted on October 22, 2020 by subryhy

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1. Your name?
   John Calton
   
2. How do you like to be addressed by students?
   John (but not ‘Dear John’ 🙈)
   
3. What courses are you currently teaching?
   Spoken English, Translation FIN-EN, Culture & Society (UK part)
   
4. What is one positive thing social distancing has brought to you?
   Bare feet
   
5. Any good book tips every student should read?
   Shakespeare’s sonnets (written during 1609 Lockdown)
   
6. We also hold SUB’s movie Thursday every week. Any good movie tips?
   Absolutely Anything, Rock the Casbah, Be Kind Rewind, Mon Oncle, The Third Man, Mary Poppins (original), King’s Speech, Jäniksen vuosi, No Direction Home Bob Dylan, The Future is Unwritten Joe Strummer, Interstellar
   
7. What are your tips for students starting their studies right now?
   Take deadlines seriously. Pay attention at the back of the Zoom meeting. Ask a classmate if there’s anything you don’t get. Don’t expect to get everything.
   
8. And lastly: what is the meaning of life?
   Good custody of ourselves as part of our environment.

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