u/ForwardGrace

To my own frustration as much as I want to leave teaching for good, teaching keeps calling me back and I was able to get a job where I'll be teaching business English lessons from next month onwards. I do have 8 years of experience teaching business English however all the companies I worked for before created the lessons plans and with this new role I'll have to create lessons plans myself and if possible I'd like to perhaps lessen the load by using websites where I can access lesson plans. I did have a look in the sub and got a few links but I was wondering if anyone knows where one can find business English lessons that are specific to various industries, ie. law, medicine, engineering, IT, and so on and so forth? It would be great if I could find lessons that don't just help with run-of-the-mill business topics like presentations, workplace etiquette, negotiations but also deal with topics that my students may encounter in their fields of work. A1-C2 level lesson plans too (I'm being generous, I'm supposing students will already know basic English but you never know)

So I've had some time to ponder on this week's episode and the first thing that came to mind while watching the scene where Huldah confided in Agnes about what had happened at the dentist is the story of Elizabeth Smart. When her documentary on Netflix came out earlier this year she did a couple of interviews and I don't know if she has said this previously but one thing she said that has stuck with me is that if you are going to teach sexual purity then consent should also be taught along with it so that children (male/female) know that they are still valuable even when someone touches them inappropriately. She said this as a result of what happened to her when she was kidnapped and the aftermath when she finally returned home in terms of what was going on in her psyche because of the religious background she was raised in and the lack of sexual education she had received.

As someone who does identify as Christian, I couldn't help but feel very heartbroken watching this episode because I know what was portrayed in this week's episode happens ALL THE DARN TIME. Unfortunately there are Christian spaces (or even other religious spaces) where young girls are kept innocent, oblivious to boundaries and what is good/bad physical touch and whether or not they should say anything at all. And then when they do, it's just brushed under the carpet. Even the lack of info the girls got in that sex ed class, they were taught nothing but to just follow their husbands lead in the bedroom (that's terrible education btw). They know absolutely nothing as confirmed by Shu's hysterically defiant and sad response when Daisy explained what sex is. Again, in this episode it crushed me that it's the women gatekeeping how far things go. I'll give Aunt Lydia grace because what she said to Agnes could be ambiguous, perhaps she will do something about it but Aunt Vidala...my goodness. I think I'll have to sit with this episode for a while longer. But also, am I weird for thinking that Agnes was wrong for pressuring Huldah to report what had happened when she herself didn't have the courage to do so or to back her up? Only for her to basically tell Huldah to focus on her upcoming nuptials? Or perhaps all of it is exactly what is wrong with Gilead and what these girls have been taught or the lack thereof. I am scared for each of the girls.