Flip Flop Spanish was published in 2005. The title was chosen because the workbook has built-in review - every other page is upside down. This design allows the student to work forward through the book, then flip it upside down to work back toward the front, and even seeing all the previous activities keeps the material fresh in his head. But now... now Flip Flops have a new meaning. Yes, the built-in review is still there. But Flip Flops aren't just about pages being "wrong-side down."
Wearing Flip Flops gives you a breezy outlook on life.
They're....
....comfortable,
.....cool,
.....and now, they're even fashionable!
We slip them on when we know there's no one to impress. So, I say bring on the flip flops. Because though polish, formality, and good manners have a definite purpose; when you're parenting, growing, teaching, or learning you need to be in the mindset of "FLIP FLOPS!"
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With Transparency as her trademark, "Señora" Gose keeps a light hearted outlook by keeping choices and tasks "chunky and light."
Whether she's schooling their own five kids (lovingly referred to as the Goselings), washing dishes, giving seminars, playing board games, doing laundry, formatting her latest Spanish classes into a workbook, or (maybe even) going on a run, she's quick to make sure that you know that she doesn't "have it all together."
"Every one of us is a work in progress. If you're looking for Miss Perfect, keep looking. If you want to laugh with me at the hilarious stuff that I can't seem to keep from falling into... sit. Let's have a coffee."
While elaborating on this (as eloquently as she can), she jolts upright on the stool and stares at her three-year-old to ask, "And why are you naked? Again?" with a bewildered look shot to her guests. The teeny nude toddles off to put on "something, anything."