I became a teacher because I watched too many brilliant people apologize for their French.
[Clément's real story goes here: where he's from, how he started teaching, the moment he understood that language blocks are emotional, not intellectual. Drafted with him from a 30-minute interview.]
Years and hundreds of students later, the conviction is the same: nobody learns to speak by staying quiet in a classroom. They learn with a mentor who listens, corrects with kindness, follows up on a Tuesday night, and celebrates every small victory like it's a big one. Because it is.
this part still makes me smile ↙ — Clémentyour French mentor