{"id":1001,"date":"2021-05-19T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somethingpolyglot.com\/myblog\/?page_id=1001"},"modified":"2024-12-23T07:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T06:01:48","slug":"more-about-kenny","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/somethingpolyglot.com\/myblog\/more-about-kenny\/","title":{"rendered":"More about Kenny"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  >\r\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-first   \" ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><p><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-138 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-138 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/somethingpolyglot.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/84f49d116bb21028c3e7b5275391c6a3f8d2d20ce9810f33ef495d3c6ba4a253.0-150x150.png\" alt='' title='84f49d116bb21028c3e7b5275391c6a3f8d2d20ce9810f33ef495d3c6ba4a253.0' height=\"80\" width=\"80\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somethingpolyglot.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/84f49d116bb21028c3e7b5275391c6a3f8d2d20ce9810f33ef495d3c6ba4a253.0-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/somethingpolyglot.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/84f49d116bb21028c3e7b5275391c6a3f8d2d20ce9810f33ef495d3c6ba4a253.0-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/somethingpolyglot.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/84f49d116bb21028c3e7b5275391c6a3f8d2d20ce9810f33ef495d3c6ba4a253.0.png 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here to share my language learning <span class=\"has-inline-color\" style=\"color: #e40303;\">tips <\/span>and <span class=\"has-inline-color\" style=\"color: #ff8c00;\">tricks<\/span>, <span class=\"has-inline-color\" style=\"color: #ffed00;\">struggles<\/span>, <span class=\"has-inline-color\" style=\"color: #008026;\">mistakes<\/span>, <span class=\"has-inline-color\" style=\"color: #004dff;\">failures <\/span>and <span class=\"has-inline-color\" style=\"color: #750787;\">successes<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_half  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_cell_one_fourth  el_before_av_cell_one_fourth   \" ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-7  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1    avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >So who the fork is Kenny?<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">Long live my avatar! At 41, no wrinkle to be seen and donned with a perfectly ironed shirt. Back here in reality, I try to ignore any wrinkle I discern in the mirror, and ironing is without any doubt my most hated household chore, so long live wrinkled clothes and wrinkled people (<a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2021\/jan\/22\/judi-dench-in-my-minds-eye-im-six-foot-and-willowy-and-about-39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judi Dench<\/a> rocks)!<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">Hey, my name is Kenny, and there&#8217;s something polyglot about me, but what&#8217;s really important is my <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">passion<\/strong> for languages and language learning .<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">I am your regular introvert <a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Boy%20Next%20Door\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boy next door<\/a> (more info @ Urban Dictionary <strong>*<\/strong>) with a strong interest in <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">languages<\/strong> (hence why I study\/use them on a daily basis) and language learning (hence why I became a <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">teacher<\/strong> ).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">Spanish at home here in Madrid with my partner, English in my head (daytime and dreamtime), Italian with my dogs, and news\/books\/podcasts\/series\/music in a bunch of other languages .<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">So, you might have guessed that languages are my big <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">passion<\/strong> and teaching is my <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">vocation<\/strong> , but it took me a while to discover it. Hence why I have a Master in International Politics and one in Journalism on my CV, next to experience as:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">assistant manager<\/strong> in a cinema in my home town Ghent,<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">residential educator<\/strong> for Unicef&#8217;s SOS Children&#8217;s Villages,<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">editor<\/strong> for the regional Flemish government,<\/li>\n<li>and <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">social inspector<\/strong> for the federal government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">and then some. But teaching is my thing and has been for a while. After first experiencing teaching back in 2011 in <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Rome<\/strong> , two decades later I am enjoying the <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">siesta<\/strong> and <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">fiesta<\/strong> here in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">There&#8217;s more to life than languages, right? When not mixing up or switching between languages, you&#8217;ll be able to find me:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">\n<li>reading (fiction and stuff on self-help, politics, economics, and history),<\/li>\n<li>turning my balcony into a garden ,<\/li>\n<li>trying to prepare something edible (some people call it cooking),<\/li>\n<li>listening to podcasts while running ,<\/li>\n<li>singing and dancing to the songs of my favorite Spotify playlist (when no one is around but my dogs ).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\">(<strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">*<\/strong> but you have to promise to stop reading when they start talking about first kiss and virginity, or am I too late now?)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='vertical-align:top; 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