Overpaid Babysitter

Just another typical Day~ I am unfortunately catching a cold as my legs are shaking uncontrollably. I was in bed most of the morning. Part of it was relaxing and I was able to forget about my pain for awhile^^

Work~same story just a different day.

I had 6 classes. I was watched a little bit yet again, its annoying to me to have my work checked adnosium. Especially if nothing is changed. If there are problems I would like to know about them.

my second class I exploded too. Exploded: got mad. I yelled at the kids to not slam the door in my face. Everytime I go to that class they close the door in my face. I gave them more homework as a result and before class even started I was pissed off with them. I like teaching and I like kids but I am finding many of their habits bothersome. For one, coming to the office just to watch me and Christina work its interupting and hard to get anything done. Today, our boss seemed to not care as I sat there and did absolutely nothing while one of the kids sat on my lap and just talked to me. Meanwhile my boss told Christina how angry he was about Carrie. It wasn't surprising because I am understanding enough Korean to know when he is angry and why. I also knew because I was in the process of showing Christina one of his notes to Carrie in the Daily Progress Report. I am just happy that its not about me for a change. I have had enough of that. Carrie will quit in February March and my boss is going to have to try harder.



I heard today from Carrie that my kid--Cool Chrono may drop. He has been causing many problems for me simply by being a kid and being goofy in class. I dont care I just want a little bit of respect since I dont speak Korean. Chrono's mom complained about Carrie to our boss so maybe tomorrow there will be some conflict.



In all honesty she should quit now and Mr. Jeong should find new teacher, its a waste of time to stick around there. She is an awful teacher with how she talks to the kids. And I have a hard time following her Daily Report~ I am 10 pages behind now because she went from doing 1 or 2 pages a day way to slow to 5-6.





I ended up quitting early in every class sometimes by 10 or 15 minutes. Its very hard for me to go 45 minutes of teaching. Talking to myself for 35 minutes is more than enough 45 minutes is too much. I told the kids they should try talking to themselves for a day and then multiply by 7 months and it would be me. They just smile as their response or laugh. I have no clear way of knowing whether they get the joke or not.



This is just a slice out of my work day. I think my title makes sense because my role of teacher often feels like Babysitter. I am conversation teacher and proper pronounciation. But who really a-nŭn'sē-āt's properly.

Communication is an interesting field and that's why I want to study it more.

I will expand on this later.

Christina was surprised at me today because I teach using only one textbook per class.
The classes are: Ma2,MA1, Mb1, Mb2, Mb3, Mc1, Mc2, Mc3, Md1, Md2, Md3, Tc1, Tc2, Td1, Td2....that means I use 15 textbooks only.

I think some classes could honestly be combined. In my opinion, Its hard to prepare adequately for each class and to have the kids learn something.
Enough about work~


I want to write about something else...
Today I recieved good news. Christina is going to take the Toefl Test on February 16th. Saturday. She is excellent at English and shouldnt worry. I will devote most if not all of my energy into helping her prepare for this. Anyway I can.

Writing longer stories. More practice.
Study Sessions at night or before work. I think we should maybe study in the mornings if we have time (we should make time?)
We went to Dunkin Donuts after work. I am enjoying these trips. It gives us a good way to rewind after work. I think drinking hot chocolate is good since its now the cold winter months.


Well and that's how the first two weeks of 2008 will end.
I am still a busy bee.

more later...