Language & Culture Digital Digest Issue #40 - Onwards The mid-point in each semester should provide a moment for reflection, but more often than not it is just a marker that we pass by at speed. We should be listening to our students all the time, but in this age of teaching compromise, we might feel helpless to adjust or change what we're already doing. We only hope that our students are meeting us halfway and cognitive of the less than ideal situation that we find ourselves in.