Kerstin Sandstrom

Academic English Professional interested in exploring both sides of any fence #alwayslearning #alwaysbenefitofthedoubt #alwayssayyestotravel

[Yasmine Mohammed 🦋 ياسمين محمد @YasMohammedxx]

My daughter solved the Israel/Palestine conflict in her 20th century History course 🙌 What do you think @lalshareef @HowidyHamza?

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

Extracts from 11 Aug article in Spectator by Andrew Gilligan:

After the Jason Arday disaster, here is new evidence that things have gone deeply wrong at Cambridge University.

We can reveal that a former supporter of Hizb ut-Tahrir, now banned as a terror group, has been appointed assistant research professor of education at Cambridge, in the same faculty as Arday.

Ahmed is now responsible for postgraduate research in education at Britain’s top university, and for teaching undergraduate students, the future leaders of the profession, ‘how education shapes individuals and society.’

Farah Ahmed has explicitly attacked ‘western education’ as a ‘threat’ to Muslims, condemned democracy and integration, and criticised British schools for teaching pupils that child marriage is wrong.

During her time at Cambridge, she has written that the Islamic concept of education is sharply opposed to ‘gaining literacy and numeracy and other disciplinary skills demonstrated through qualifications’.

She attacks schools’ ‘attempts to integrate Muslim children’ as seeking to ‘produce new generations that reject Islam… if society is built on kufr [unbelief], it is our duty to tackle this challenge as a community in order to protect our young from its corruption.’

Worst of all, ‘religious tolerance is primarily pushed in religious education’, meaning that ‘Islam is taught as a religion like any other, putting its value on the same level as Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and the like.’

Science is a problem too, because in the ‘teaching of evolution, Muslim children will be exposed to ideas that contradict Islam’. And in any subject, boys and girls may be asked to work together.

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

Despite executions, mass arrests, and intimidation, Iranians continue to resist. These are the largest protests the country has seen since the killing of Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman killed by security forces for wearing a hijab 'improperly'.

https://t.co/8FY95uLXlv

[Bruno Leys @BrunoLeys]

@KerstinBethS sharing a listening pairs activity and a last words you heard (three to seven) as a less fatiguing alternative to dictogloss #IATEFL2025

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

I'm presenting in Edinburgh #iatefl2025

[Yasmine Mohammed 🦋 ياسمين محمد @YasMohammedxx]

A woman in London saw my ‘No Hijab Day’ posts, found her voice, and challenged her workplace’s blind endorsement of the hijab.

She feared backlash. Instead, HR listened. Not only did they reconsider their messaging, but they also invited her to lead an International Women's Day presentation on why the hijab is anti-feminist.

Mandatory veiling is oppression, not empowerment. It should be questioned, not celebrated.

Speak up. Challenge the narrative. Stand with the women who are risking everything. You are not in Iran. There is no morality police coming for you. Your voice matters.

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

Human beings have rights. Books, even 'holy' books, do not.

The only acceptable response to religiously motivated violence like this is for societies to reassert the importance of human rights, human lives, and freedom of expression.

#EndBlasphemyLaws everywhere!

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

62% of Brits would support a law prohibiting the #circumcision of children for non-medical reasons. Are you one of the 62%? Join our campaign 👇 https://t.co/F0avMpMtw8

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

Humanists make 'ethical choices based on the general desire to do the most possible good.' 👏

Wishing our patron @timminchin a very Happy Birthday! Thanks for all the support, Tim 😊

We love this quote, too ❤️

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

@timminchin Glad you made it. We wouldn't have missed the show for the world 👍🇦🇺🇨🇦

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

@Gaijinotousan That thread was hilarious! 😆

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

What are five topics you can talk about with zero prep?

1. Parenting
2. Evolution of art through the modern age
3. English Language Teaching /Language Learning
4. Gardening & agriculture
5. Japan

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

@Trevornoah Also, I often feel like I'm living in the space in between different narratives. And I appreciate your giving voice to the different narratives that shine a light on the space the space that I'm in.

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

@Trevornoah Thank you @Trevornoah for your honest observations and conversations. I'd often thought about how we behave when driving, and it wasn't till you articulated the feeling that I felt, my God, he nailed it, we're all one-step removed from humanity when we're behind the wheel.

[Angelica Galante @GalanteAngelica]

Very excited about this new book series! Could you help us share the call for book proposals? Feel free to get in touch w/ me if you have a book idea.

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

Attention Toronto EFL Teachers:
Youth IEP Instructors needed for July. 3 and 4-week courses. Check it out:
https://t.co/eHO8EsM7De

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

IATEFL Talk complete! Authentic Speaking Assessments #iatefl2023

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

#iatefl2023 Opening plenary with Evan Frendo: exploring the changes in English for the workplace

[ELTeach @ELTeach4]

Hello advanced students!

We are a UK-based training centre. Our free C1 level online English classes, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, are starting this week. The lessons are taught by our trainee teachers.

Please email us at [email protected].
A2 & B2 classes to follow soon.

[Kerstin Sandstrom @KerstinBethS]

@cured_emotions 🖤