Ok so this past week didn't go so bad, my hours are 1st class 430pm-730pm and 2nd class 730pm-1030pm. I had elementary and middle school students, and I had two half days plus Friday off. It was the last week of the term so they gave some teachers vacation time and me and the other two new recruits were subbing for them. It was nerve racking a bit since they weren't my students and it was the last week so they didn't necessarily have to behave. Luckily, everything went pretty smoothly.
Monday
I had only one class and it was with elementary kids. So my first day was a half day. The kids were a bit shy at first and obviously wondering who the heck I was and where their teacher was. After explanations and introductions things loosened up. They were pretty good kids and funny.
Tuesday
I had a full day this time, the earlier one was elementary and the second was middle school students. The first class had 11 girls and 1 boy, lol poor boy. I noticed that the girls are a lot easier to handle than the boys. Not to say the boys are hard to handle, all the kids you tell them once they listen right away, but I barely had to scold the girls. Anyway, they were hilarious, my favorite class. All of them were so curious lol during the breaks I told them they could ask me questions about myself and they didn't hold back lol "Teacher how old are you?" "Teacher do you have a boyfriend" that question had the funniest response. Once I said no the whole erupted with "EHHHH??!?!? WHY NOT YOU'RE SO PRETTY??!?!?!?" lol Now, the later class was the COMPLETE opposite. Though I was warned that the middle school kids tend to not be very talkative but it's still a bit discouraging to have a bunch of blank stares looking your way. Though the life of a student here is nothing like that of one back home. They're up more than 12hours studying and going to different academies so by the time we get them they're pretty tired so I understand.
Wednesday
I had the kids I had on Monday again and I got them some candy to give out when they answered questions correctly or participated by reading or something like that. It was their last day so they were a bit rowdy but we had a good time. I had a full day this day as well but the middle school kids I got this time were very talkative which was good. Oh, there was this one little boy in the earlier class that loved to talk lol I nicknamed him Motor Mouth I challenged him to stay quiet for 5 mins. He did it, but man as soon as those 5 mins was up smh lol
Thursday
I had a half day with the class from Tuesday 430pm. The material we were going over was about modern day pirates O_o strange topic & I had to explain to them what torture was...I've noticed the kids here have a pretty morbid sense of humor it takes some gettin used to. Anyway, had them do a game where me & the one boy in the class were guarding the leftover candy & they were pirates trying to steal it...having 11 young korean girls staring at you about to attack is pretty friggin scary lol Well that's it for my first week...tomorrow starts a new term & I get my own room & students. I'm pretty nervous about it but I'm sure it'll be fine once I get the hang of things. Oh and the Tues & Thurs class they decided to draw me lol
Monday
I had only one class and it was with elementary kids. So my first day was a half day. The kids were a bit shy at first and obviously wondering who the heck I was and where their teacher was. After explanations and introductions things loosened up. They were pretty good kids and funny.
Tuesday
I had a full day this time, the earlier one was elementary and the second was middle school students. The first class had 11 girls and 1 boy, lol poor boy. I noticed that the girls are a lot easier to handle than the boys. Not to say the boys are hard to handle, all the kids you tell them once they listen right away, but I barely had to scold the girls. Anyway, they were hilarious, my favorite class. All of them were so curious lol during the breaks I told them they could ask me questions about myself and they didn't hold back lol "Teacher how old are you?" "Teacher do you have a boyfriend" that question had the funniest response. Once I said no the whole erupted with "EHHHH??!?!? WHY NOT YOU'RE SO PRETTY??!?!?!?" lol Now, the later class was the COMPLETE opposite. Though I was warned that the middle school kids tend to not be very talkative but it's still a bit discouraging to have a bunch of blank stares looking your way. Though the life of a student here is nothing like that of one back home. They're up more than 12hours studying and going to different academies so by the time we get them they're pretty tired so I understand.
Wednesday
I had the kids I had on Monday again and I got them some candy to give out when they answered questions correctly or participated by reading or something like that. It was their last day so they were a bit rowdy but we had a good time. I had a full day this day as well but the middle school kids I got this time were very talkative which was good. Oh, there was this one little boy in the earlier class that loved to talk lol I nicknamed him Motor Mouth I challenged him to stay quiet for 5 mins. He did it, but man as soon as those 5 mins was up smh lol
Thursday
I had a half day with the class from Tuesday 430pm. The material we were going over was about modern day pirates O_o strange topic & I had to explain to them what torture was...I've noticed the kids here have a pretty morbid sense of humor it takes some gettin used to. Anyway, had them do a game where me & the one boy in the class were guarding the leftover candy & they were pirates trying to steal it...having 11 young korean girls staring at you about to attack is pretty friggin scary lol Well that's it for my first week...tomorrow starts a new term & I get my own room & students. I'm pretty nervous about it but I'm sure it'll be fine once I get the hang of things. Oh and the Tues & Thurs class they decided to draw me lol
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