A Little Bit About Me
Paul Heller
English Proficiency Specialist for Mexican and other Spanish-speaking Professionals| Native English speaker| ESL Teacher| US, Mexican, and Canadian Intercultural Communication Expert| IELTS, TOEFL Coaching
?A little bit of personal information so that you can get to know me a bit better.
Why I Love to Teach English?
I love introducing the English-speaking world to my students. My best Spanish classes taught me some of the Spanish-speaking world's best music, traditions, art, and history to me for the first time.
I also enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that I have helped my students become more confident in job interviews, communicating with English-speaking colleagues and clients, and presentations.
My Personal Philosophy
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The Best Summary of My Personal Philosophy Toward Life: Jewel’s Song?Hands, “In the end, only kindness matters.”
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My Favorite Places
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My favorite foreign country:?Mexico.
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The Countries I Most Want to Revisit:
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India, Peru, China, Bosnia, Brazil, and South Africa.
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Places I Didn’t Expect to Like as Much as I Do:?
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Canada (particularly Quebec, the Maritimes, and Alberta), Australia, New Zealand, Berlin, Vienna, Sarajevo, Bulgaria, The US Southeast (notably Georgia and Florida), New England, Chicago, and Southern Wisconsin.
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I am a massive fan of my home state, California, but for a mixture of personal and financial reasons doubt that I will ever live there again.
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Places I Wouldn’t Want to Revisit:
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Nowhere.
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Places I Most Want to Visit in the Future:?
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Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nepal, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Romania, Sweden, Ireland, and Belgium. In the US, I would like to visit someday every presidential library. (I have already seen the Nixon, Reagan, Carter, Kennedy, and Roosevelt libraries).
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My Favorite Things to Study
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All Social Sciences.
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Some of My Favorite Things to Study (other than Social Studies):
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Architectural and Art History and Foreign Languages.
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Classes I Wish I’d Paid More Attention in School:
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Science (in General), notably Biology.
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Classes I Would Like to Take in the Future:?
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Geology, Behavioral Economics (which did not exist when I was in school), Archaeology, Zoology.
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Something Unexpected that I Enjoy:?
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Accounting. I have spreadsheets of all the money I’ve spent while traveling and where I have been.
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My Favorite Things to Do in My Free Time
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Things I Enjoy Doing in My Free Time:?Visiting museums and attending concerts and plays. (Recently, I have developed a fondness for opera and rock concerts).
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My favorite cuisines:
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Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Peruvian, Danish, Polish, Turkish, Thai, Haitian, and French.
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TV Series that I Loved Binge-Watching:
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Breaking Bad, The Gilmore Girls, Mad Men, Grace and Frankie, Jane the Virgin, the new version of One Day at a Time, and Better Call Saul. Almost all documentaries. I religiously watch American Experience and American Masters.
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I Love Listening to Podcasts and Radio Shows. Some favorites: Vox’s The Weeds, This American Life, To the Best of Our Knowledge, You Must Remember This, and true crime series in general.
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Some of My Favorite Guilty Pleasures are?the Movies:
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Mamma Mia and?Sex and the City. TV shows:?Glee. Songs:?Toute Va Tres Bien Madame La Marquise.
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