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I am also an English teacher (currently a stay-at-home mum) and I would like to thank you for voicing feelings and opinions I didn't realise I had. Now that I am a bit older, I no longer feel like smiling all the time and creating 'fun' lessons, I want to help those who want to be helped. I have no desire to be a clown. 🙂

It's annoying when people say "smile then" or "cheer up". Just ignore them Jade and be you.

Does not matter if you smile or not. . You are a first class teacher as you have always been, this is the main point🙂🙂🙂thanks for the interesting lessons!

‘I accept that weariness’ absolutely breaks my heart. Feel it to my core

I, for one, stopped smiling when started teaching. I cannot smile now that I am exposed to the abyss of human ignorance.

For me as an Eastern European your style is pretty normal. When I grew up nobody was smiling much in normal conversation (they laughed at jokes etc. but that's another thing), teachers were just like you, strict. Nowadays many younger people acquired the fake cheerfulness from Western, especially American culture though.

It does not matter if you smile or not, the most important, in my view, is your clear and useful lessons that you teach us, thank you Jade, God bless you.

I am Polish and I highly appreciate your teaching style. Poles tend to smile when there is a reason. Seeing constantly smiling faces all around makes me feel awkward. Therefore, big smile for you!

I love your style. My purpose is to learn from you, I'm not bothered about anything else. After all you are a teacher not an entertainer...

The world is full of insincere or dull smiles, so that every serious person out there catches even more attention. And when they smile, they honestly smile. Please don't go changing!

Even though you don't smile, you spread positive energy around you. Stay as you are and smile whenever you feel like you want to

As a german teacher I have to agree with you in the sense that every person is different. Some people may enjoy your style better, others may prefer a more upbeat, cheerful style of lesson.

I love you Jade Joddle and I love that you are authentic, not trying to put on smiles just to appear likable. Keep going. Love you.

Hi, Jade. I've been following you since around 2014, and back then I only knew basic grammar and vocabulary, and could not understand a word of spoken English. Thanks to your videos I discovered other wonderful teachers in EngVid, and as an introvert, I very much appreciated your old videos, I just wish you had kept them at least in a separate channel, but I'm very grateful to you for helping me develop my English skills. PS: you are an amazing teacher with a beautiful smile.

Jade, I have massive respect for you. I have followed your videos from when I was learning English. You were one of the teachers on KZfaq who impacted my journey to fluency positively. That's why, I'm very grateful 🙏😻

I haven't watched a video from Jade in a while and it's nice to see her again. Personally, I don't need English lessons but my wife does. Jade is one of the best teachers I've seen on KZfaq and I can't recommend her enough. Jade doesn't smile as much as your usual Spanish teacher, but she can be witty and has made me laugh a number of times in her videos.

Teacher, you are just authentic. That's all. People who like your style of teaching will always follow your lessons. That what matters the most.

Jade was one of the first English KZfaq teachers...i remember when i had a hard time understending british English...her accent was a pleasure to hear and used to gave me hope, about learning listening british english ..may be she doesnt know but her work has been a Big part of our Road on the English learning...and all for free...hope life gives her back some of the much she has given to us

Don’t change anything whatsoever,I love you as you are!

Cmon humans, we are learning a lot from her for nothing.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way you teach and speak. You are instructive, clear, and succinct. And constantly smiling when you do not mean it does not come across as sincere.

You can't win. Whatever you do, you will always have someone who will bring it up as a covert criticism of your character, if not a blatant one. For example, I smile a lot and laugh a lot, not every single time, I can be serious too but most of the time I am lighthearted face to face and I get some people telling me that I "get on their nerves" because of that and on those occasions when I might be serious, you can nigh on guarantee you will get one other person who will say to me "oh cheer up John for god's sake, you're depressing me".....blah blah blah. As the late Ricky Nelson used to say in his 'Garden Party' song, you can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself.

You're doing absolutely fine, Jade. Just be your true self and keep up the brilliant work.

“I’m a man of contradictions, I’m a man of many moods, I contain multitudes”

You inspired me as an adult to go and learn. I took Maths and English exams. Then 2 computer courses before going on to learn Accountancy. I thank you for your time and effort towards your videos they helped.

Jade, don’t worry about smiling please. Your content, ability and knowledge are first class. If someone is after fun, it is available elsewhere. As to the good looks, you are blessed with classic features fit for art-house movies. Thanks you for your individual efforts in teaching others. Your followers like myself learn from you native or non-native speakers. God bless.

I’m in love with your character and way of speaking, your English language is beyond refreshing.

Thank you Jade for your sincerity. I really value when people express their reasons.

I totally agree with you, sometimes I have the feeling that nowadays teachers are being asked too much to motivate their students and the lessons have to be always fun. In a way that is good, however in life we also have to be serious and the students also have to do more of their part. In any case you are an excellent teacher and I love your channel

Hi Jade, your channel was one of the first learning channels I’ve found on KZfaq, I honestly can say that I always loved the way you teach. Practical, effective and interesting. In my opinion things were the most important, however I do remember several videos in which you did smile. I just love your teaching style.

Your seriousness and your tone differentiates you from typical KZfaqrs, and that's the reason I subscribed to your channel :) I would love to see you and hear you the way you are ) Cheers

She is smart, intelligent and... incredibly beautiful!

You don’t need to smile too, Jade. You look great as you are.

Jade, I think your lessons are distinctively amazing and interesting. Normally I would prefer a teacher prone to be humorous, however, you are an exception. Just be yourself, you do not need to ingratiate yourself with anyone.

So many fun fun English teachers, and that’s ok for someone. But we we need a good angry teacher too. Huge respect

You are just a serious teacher, not a clown!

a lot of people here are expressing their liking for your style of teaching and i'd like to say i really agree with that! i think it's all well and good to make some effort to not look inapproachable, but on the other hand it can so often be overdone. personally i find it distracting when a teacher is too perky and seems to care more about being seen as likeable than about delivering the information effectively. it is precisely this straightforward, no-nonsense approach that i think makes your videos so accessible, so please keep it up and don't let the criticism bother you too much! thank you for your valuable work!

I started following your site two days ago and it's been a kind of "revelation". Most female teachers use their sex appeal to engage students and they managed to do it. I acknowledge my weakness in this sense but I'm here to learn not for other purposes. You're focus on what it's really important. Your honesty and transparency is a rare treasure to find...

I think you’re totally cool - and normal - like that. In today’s world, everybody needs to be happy and smiling all the time, especially when it comes to teaching. It needs to be “fun” all the time. Who said that? Thank you for being you, the way you are!

You're authentic and lovely and I always learn a lot from your lessons. Thank you!

I can’t believe people made you feel like you had to explain yourself.

You are serious , knowledgeable and professional and you care about people. So smiles are not required your knowledge is. Thank you Jade.

Jade, your work has long been an inspiration to me. Keep going!

I watch your videos because you go straight to the matter, language-wise, and also because I happen to be a stranger to British accents and I'd like to broaden my hearing skills. I am a 68 years old fellow from Santiago-Chile and not a native speaker at all. Thank you Jade..!

Learning English is a serious business, and teaching English is even more serious. Jade, you are an excellent teacher just the way you teach. I am learning a lot from you and I love it. Keep up with the good work. Thanks a million.

I never understood why ppl get so mad when others don't smile

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love :)

That smile at the end got me :D

As far as I know... many smiley teachers do not really care about the growth of others. I also intend not to smile when teaching. Many love you like that, I know.

Thanks for the explanation. Your lessons are well made and educating. They do not need much smiling. I like, that you smiled, when you said "Bye." That shows, that there is a wellcoming person inside you. Hug to you.

Hi Jade! You are a good teacher. I am aware about, you know, you don't smile frequently. Ok, true. But, What are we talking about here? Teaching. That's the point. You make a strong effort to explain well all the topics and for me, that is the most important thing. So be yourself Jade. A big hug!!

People ask me the same thing. Sometimes they say "Are you fine". Wtf. Why should we be smilling all the time if there is no reason to do so. Jade you are the best. When I see somone making that fake smile to take pictures it like "what???"

What an amazing coincidence! I just yesterday shared your video on how to pronounce "OFTEN" with a female American Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, and her comment was: "Honestly she put me to sleep in the morning! She shoulda bin born American so she’d smile more often!!" I found her comment degrading and revealing a basic lack of grasping your beautiful lay-out of the linguistic evolution of the pronunciation. Aannyways .... 🙃

This is a reason I subscribed your channel. I also don't smile a lot and I don't like all these fake,"American style" smiles on many internet English teachers. Life is often really tough and we live in hard times so we should be just ourselves,not pretending someone else

The advantage of positive emotions is that they are self-strengthening.

You are very much like many of my Russian friends. I lived in Russia for many years and Russians are not smiley smiley like Westerners. When they do smile you know it's genuine

You are my one of the favorite teacher. I love the way you teach and convey the difficult word explanation in adequately. You don’t need to change your style of teaching. Keep going JADE

I like your mood, your pace, teaching style, Jade...keep it up!

Jade, you are the best. People can only be self-motivated. People are motivated when they are not speaking English but moving to UK, and when they need to teach your children English.

Hello Jade. Thank you for your effective efforts. Your seriousness is just part of your charisma and charm.

Miss the old vids. Loved the smile at the end :D

I recognize your intrinsic motivation and am therefore happy that you do what you do. I would like to add that I had to laugh a lot at the contradiction between the serious content of your story and those lights behind you! :-D

You are a crusader jade! And brave enough to be there and help people. Bravo!

You are amazing, Jade. I am very happy to listen to your videos. Thank you for your great job.

Thanks a lot for your honesty. I was wondering why you did not smile, when I saw one of your videos today, so I am glad you explained it a little in this video. I think you deserve all the respect for it.

Jade you are amazing just don't care about people who ask these types of questions.

It's actually something very rude to ask. I'm constantly asked by people why I am so quiet, well because it's the way I am... Anyway, very well explained Jade.

I thank you for your honest words that explains your frustration on how the education system has failed x

Good response. Be yourself. Also I think that it's not only the education that is lacking, but the fact that young people don't read anymore. A lot of the language you learn from reading. We have this problem in the Netherlands as well. A lot of adolescents are hardly literate.

You are pretty unique and lovely in your own special way, plus i have always loved your sense of humour.. you need not smile all the time, don’t let people pick it up as a flaw. Serious women are attractive .. you are our strict English teacher

So stay like this Jade: serious, respectful and friendly - as you normally are and DON’T change or feel weired or low just because some comment about their lack of received smiling in life in general……..

I have a similar teaching style to you. Some people seem to assume that just because the students are not bouncing off the walls and having “fun”, that they are not learning … my students learn a lot in my lessons and regularly pass their proficiency exams! You can see the growth, but I’m not a dancing clown in the lessons! You don’t have to be!

Part of this is sexism. If if it was a male teacher you wouldn't hear people telling him to smile more.

Congratulations for your courage. Beautiful explanation. I wish you the best results with your work. You deserve it.

You don't have to smile, you are a great teacher

Be yourself mam. Don't care what anyone is thinking about you. Smile doesn't matter that much during lecture . The more important is what kind of material you are trying to delivering your viewers or students.

Hello Jade, I love your videos, and I really appriciate your commitment... And still you do smile sometimes. I always learn a lot from your videos, so do not change anything. Thank you :)

People ask me why I don't smile. I reply, "I am smiling."

Hi Jade, please, don't ever listen to those idiots! You're a great teacher just the way you are 👏😊 I really enjoy your classes and the quiet tone of your voice.

Spot on, and thank you for your honesty; the state of education is quite troubling.

You can be magnetic without being smiley, Jade. I find you very charismatic! ❤️

Well, one of the reasons why I just stopped by and started watching your videos was that you were not smiling. It looked somewhat authentic and relatable.

I'm glad to have found you again, to see the changes you've undertaken, to see that you are still at your craft. Keep on striving: you are needed.

Thanks a lot! I like your seriousness, because I take the process of learning seriously.

This is the kind of tutor I'd like to hire. Someone who is ANGRY with the state of peoples education.

I quite appreciate you whether you smile or not. Be you, Jade.

Jade is also a beautiful cool stone that can be sculpted into exotic and amazing forms.

Hello! I'm an English teacher and, also, I'm a smiling person. Do Mexicans tend to smile! However, I do love your style. Why does everyone want people to be different from whom they are? Your reasons are so valid and relevant. And those people who want you to smile might not be listening deeply. They may very well be influenced by gender prejudice: Women look prettier when they smile. So, you're so kind in explaining your reasons, but you are exceptional just the way you are. Diversity is part of our nature. We must embrace the way we are. Greetings from Mexico City.

You are an EXCELLENT TEACHER. You don’t need to smile, keep going as you are. Your style comes across as very professional. You remind me of a woman I know who grew up in Blackpool and now lives amongst the Tatler readers and “are you going beagling this weekend” fraternity. She presents a very neutral front like yourself with the very low energy quite closed mouth delivery, I’ve always said it is because she worries about her natural accent slipping out like Eliza Dooolittle at Ascot. It worked for her and seems very happy with life but inside there is a lovely person who does have a sense of humour and itnis always a joy to make her laugh. Oddly you look very like the younger her… perhaps a distant relo’. My wife is an actress so we both love the nuances of accents and so enjoy your channel.

You are the best teacher ,,the way you are teaching is amazing your accent is wonderful i love it,,,thanks.

I have started subscribing since English Jade, as a half British I do enjoy your youtube videos and helped me a lot too.

I love your lessons, I find you friendly and correct.I like you how you are and I love your classes and your content.Please don’t change.Just do YOU.

You have done a wonderful job till now Jade. You older videos were really fun to watch.Do not stress over people who are not worth it.

Serious teaching can be a great asset. Fun is important as a pallet cleanser or to establish a rapport at the beginning of the year. Sometimes as a reward to a hard push. But without seriousness people pickup that a subject must be less important. Some people might be annoyed at a serious teacher, but they are mostly annoyed at themselves, or their circumstances. I.e. they'd rather do something else, or resent struggling compared to peers. If you can't handle a subject when done seriously, maybe it's a sign to pursue something else. Learning to enjoy things intrinsically is one of life's greatest lessons.

I don't really smile alot. Unless it's something that makes me laugh or extremely happy then I'll smile 😃. Other than that I don't smile.

Now I understand. Thank you for what you do.

Don’t know why your video popped up randomly but glad it did. You’re so beautiful!!!

Smile?! What smile!! I never noticed that you don’t smile… really… I focus on what you say and teach … be your self … keep the good work Jade

Teacher Jade you don`t need explain nothing about yourself !!! You are an incredible person, wonderful teacher and your Videos are amazing !! You only ignor any comment about your beautiful smile !! you are really wonderful !!! I am your loyal follower, greeting from south america !!