started my "after school" class today at a new school - we'll call it school #3. there are some problems with the contract that need to be sorted out, so i haven't signed one yet... maybe i shouldn't have taught the class... but whatever...
i don't like the class room they've got me in. it's cold and there is this HUGE desk that i have to stand in front of. i don't like being 'seperated' from the kids desks... it's like having a giant barrier between us... anyway, they're little monsters just like every other school/class that i teach.
it took twenty minutes to take attendance! the co-ordinator of the program worked really hard to write all their names in english letters for me to read, but it would have been easier in korean. the pronunciation was all off and half the kids didn't know when i was saying their name because i was saying it wrong. i asked them for the class list in korean for next time. i'll be helping them choose english nicknames anyway, so it won't really matter, but it'll be good to know their korean names too.
i'm sure they were just all really tired from a long day at school and that is why they were little hellions! but the class didn't go well at all. i'm in there by myself with 30 kids that don't really speak or understand english... so it's going to be a challenging semester.
i asked them to think about why they want to learn english and be prepared to tell me next week. i don't know how many of them understood and/or will actually do it... but even if a few of them do it'll be a step forward.
so, that's it for today... my cold didn't make the longer day any easier and i didn't get to they gym either (boo-urns) i'm just too knackered... i'm going to bed early tonight!
i don't like the class room they've got me in. it's cold and there is this HUGE desk that i have to stand in front of. i don't like being 'seperated' from the kids desks... it's like having a giant barrier between us... anyway, they're little monsters just like every other school/class that i teach.
it took twenty minutes to take attendance! the co-ordinator of the program worked really hard to write all their names in english letters for me to read, but it would have been easier in korean. the pronunciation was all off and half the kids didn't know when i was saying their name because i was saying it wrong. i asked them for the class list in korean for next time. i'll be helping them choose english nicknames anyway, so it won't really matter, but it'll be good to know their korean names too.
i'm sure they were just all really tired from a long day at school and that is why they were little hellions! but the class didn't go well at all. i'm in there by myself with 30 kids that don't really speak or understand english... so it's going to be a challenging semester.
i asked them to think about why they want to learn english and be prepared to tell me next week. i don't know how many of them understood and/or will actually do it... but even if a few of them do it'll be a step forward.
so, that's it for today... my cold didn't make the longer day any easier and i didn't get to they gym either (boo-urns) i'm just too knackered... i'm going to bed early tonight!
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hey liz, today i went to the British Museum and checked out the Korea exhibit...was thinkin' of you! they had lots of Buddha stuff and a replica of a traditional Korean house. Congrats on your 'loss of face' (?) and i can't wait to hear about Japan!
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