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English in a Minute: A Clean Slate
Welcome to English in a Minute. In a classroom, the chalkboard is also called a slate. It's important to clean it before starting a new lesson. So does clean slate relate to teaching?I love the start of a new year. It's a great time to start fresh and make a new start.Me too. This year I'm going to start with a clean slate and give up bad habits.Like eating donuts and drinking too much coffee?No, no other bad habits.A clean slate means a new start or beginning. This phrase comes from the use of chalk and slates in classrooms.A teacher could start a new lesson with a clean slate. And that's English in a Minute.