Mr No Pic
Well, it has been a while, but I thought I'd post today because our new fiber optic internet service has started. Hell, my phone works now (and I can get a new fax machine...a story for later).
Work is great. I started at three elementary schools in the city south of here. It is a damn good thing that I am good with kids and have experience teaching English to them. Patience is not key...quick thinking is. There have been several cases in the last month where I chalk it up to experience to me walking out of the class without a new ulcer.
The city I am working in is of decent size and has a total of 11 elementary schools. I will visit all of them. However, first things first, and the schools I am currently visiting are very different.
One school is near the middle of the city. It was built just 16 years ago and is populated by kids in a new (new like the school) residential area. These kids are a bit shy, but can take care of the studying without a problem. The teachers at this school are very quick with behavior problems, and they do have them at this school. This is a good school to study at.
School 2 (actually school 5, but who cares) is on the eastern side of the city and a bit far from the center of town. Not far enough to be in the middle of nowhere, but not close enough to be considered inner city. This school seems to have kids trying to find their identity. Cute kids but a little to jumpy or apathetic (depending on personality or swim schedule). This is a good school to grow up in, unless you are one of those poor people with no life and no personality at all. Not a good place for quiet kids who just want to be pushed through the system.
School 3 (actually 8) has a number of good points. Friendly, open, and willing. I worry about the friendly part. They are a bit too friendly. I have kids from all age groups running up and hugging me. The fourth grade girls (and boys...) will hold my hand to drag me somewhere they want me to go. Boys usually just grab my arm, but holding hand isn't considered homo here. These kids are not shy. They love to play, but damn, they are not shy (NOT in the "I'll show me mine if you show me yours!" way). They come right out and meet you (except for the odd giggly girls--a rare sight at this school). And these kids will do about any lesson you want them to. Granted they say "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!" when you tell them you are going to teach them something (just like giving them medicine), but that goes back to good point one and two. This is a great school to build motivation, charisma, and friendships.
Whew, I thought I'd write pages upon pages about these schools. Good thing my brain shrinks to the size of a peanut on my days off (thus the reason I can't get anything done at home). Anyway, I have been busy at these schools on top of my part-time teaching deals and my family.
I will try to get some more time to write more fun and entertaining things later on, but for now, you get what you pay for...
Dno out
Work is great. I started at three elementary schools in the city south of here. It is a damn good thing that I am good with kids and have experience teaching English to them. Patience is not key...quick thinking is. There have been several cases in the last month where I chalk it up to experience to me walking out of the class without a new ulcer.
The city I am working in is of decent size and has a total of 11 elementary schools. I will visit all of them. However, first things first, and the schools I am currently visiting are very different.
One school is near the middle of the city. It was built just 16 years ago and is populated by kids in a new (new like the school) residential area. These kids are a bit shy, but can take care of the studying without a problem. The teachers at this school are very quick with behavior problems, and they do have them at this school. This is a good school to study at.
School 2 (actually school 5, but who cares) is on the eastern side of the city and a bit far from the center of town. Not far enough to be in the middle of nowhere, but not close enough to be considered inner city. This school seems to have kids trying to find their identity. Cute kids but a little to jumpy or apathetic (depending on personality or swim schedule). This is a good school to grow up in, unless you are one of those poor people with no life and no personality at all. Not a good place for quiet kids who just want to be pushed through the system.
School 3 (actually 8) has a number of good points. Friendly, open, and willing. I worry about the friendly part. They are a bit too friendly. I have kids from all age groups running up and hugging me. The fourth grade girls (and boys...) will hold my hand to drag me somewhere they want me to go. Boys usually just grab my arm, but holding hand isn't considered homo here. These kids are not shy. They love to play, but damn, they are not shy (NOT in the "I'll show me mine if you show me yours!" way). They come right out and meet you (except for the odd giggly girls--a rare sight at this school). And these kids will do about any lesson you want them to. Granted they say "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!" when you tell them you are going to teach them something (just like giving them medicine), but that goes back to good point one and two. This is a great school to build motivation, charisma, and friendships.
Whew, I thought I'd write pages upon pages about these schools. Good thing my brain shrinks to the size of a peanut on my days off (thus the reason I can't get anything done at home). Anyway, I have been busy at these schools on top of my part-time teaching deals and my family.
I will try to get some more time to write more fun and entertaining things later on, but for now, you get what you pay for...
Dno out
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