hey all,
So a few weeks ago, I booked a trip for me and Michi, but it seems the travel company had us down for today instead of the 27th. We're trying to see if we can get them to reschedule us, but their confirmation e-mails did mention the 16th twice, so it is my bad for not catching them.
Normally, Michi takes care of these things, which goes to show how out of practice I am at it.
At work, we've started the second week of classes. Morning lessons are going OK, but some of the students seem to need a lot more work others. We've also had some complaints about one of the teacher's lackadaisical style.
I finally finished the last book of the Wheel of Time. There is a chapter in it that is 200 pages long, I kid you not. Several quasi-main characters are killed off, some of them deserving it, some it seems like they just got unlucky. Since the last book depicted the Last Battle between Good and Evil, the death of the characters shows their commitment to the struggle, and I guess lets the readers know the author wasn't pulling any punches. Still, unlike GRRM, Jordan wasn't known for killing off characters before.
Cheers,
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Sunday, April 07, 2013
New School Year
hey all,
Tomorrow is the first day of the new school year. I will be sharing the duties of teaching the youngest students we have in the morning group lessons: 2-3 years old.
My morning class will be one hour with one set of students, then I switch with another teacher and teach another set of students for one hour. That gives myself and the other teacher about 1.5 hours of extra prep time, which we will need since the young students need lots of flashcards and lots of activities.
To be honest, I was afraid I would get the students who I taught this last year again. I really tried my best with them, but I'm not happy with where their English or their behavior is after a year of effort.
Outside of work, things are OK. I've gotten to use my kendo armor twice in class now. I still need some pointers on knots and wearing some of the gear. But since I have the armor, I get to scream at the top of my lungs and try to whack other students now. Which is a lot more fun then getting asked "And what do you call this part of the sword?" every class like the little, little kids.
We had last week off from work, and I mostly played video games and caught up on anime a little bit. The new season of HBO's Game of Thrones has started up, and it looks to be another awesome season. For some reason, South Park will be starting up in September instead of now, so no new South Park for a few months.
I also finished my re-read of Wheel of Time, and the new book comes out in two days, and I've been forced to avoid all the wiki's and guides because spoiler information for the last book has started showing up there.
Cheers,
Tomorrow is the first day of the new school year. I will be sharing the duties of teaching the youngest students we have in the morning group lessons: 2-3 years old.
My morning class will be one hour with one set of students, then I switch with another teacher and teach another set of students for one hour. That gives myself and the other teacher about 1.5 hours of extra prep time, which we will need since the young students need lots of flashcards and lots of activities.
To be honest, I was afraid I would get the students who I taught this last year again. I really tried my best with them, but I'm not happy with where their English or their behavior is after a year of effort.
Outside of work, things are OK. I've gotten to use my kendo armor twice in class now. I still need some pointers on knots and wearing some of the gear. But since I have the armor, I get to scream at the top of my lungs and try to whack other students now. Which is a lot more fun then getting asked "And what do you call this part of the sword?" every class like the little, little kids.
We had last week off from work, and I mostly played video games and caught up on anime a little bit. The new season of HBO's Game of Thrones has started up, and it looks to be another awesome season. For some reason, South Park will be starting up in September instead of now, so no new South Park for a few months.
I also finished my re-read of Wheel of Time, and the new book comes out in two days, and I've been forced to avoid all the wiki's and guides because spoiler information for the last book has started showing up there.
Cheers,
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