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Jan. 16th, 2009 01:49 pmActually, I've been so freaking busy! (I haven't even had time to play with dollies.. .;_; ) Now that I'm back in school, always too busy.
Teaching as been going ok. I'm teaching English at an adult-education place; so far my class has 11 students, and all but two of them are Spanish-speakers. Eight of the students are from Mexico, one from Peru, one from China, and one from Japan. And of the 11, there are three I haven't met yet, since they haven't been coming to class. I wonder if they'd eventually be dropped off my class roster?
It's always scary just before the class, when I sit there and dwell on how I have to stand in front of a bunch of people who aren't going to understand most of what I say, but when I'm actually doing it, it's not that bad. I do have a few students who spend more time talking to each other than practicing their English (and these are adults?), but I've said most of my life that if I were a teacher and had a situation like that, I'd keep right on going so the people who are paying attention and are anxious to learn can. So I'm trying that theory now.
And hopefully, in the end, I'll get a shiny TESL certification out of it.
Over winter break, I had several things I wanted to do with my extra time. .... I got one of those things done. .^^; And that was reading a book.
I forget, sometimes, that reading was my first true love. But the past few years the only things I've had time to read were books for school, and I've gotta tell ya... academic reading is so boring. I hate books that have to quote a source every other sentence - it's so disruptive to the flow of text. I understand it's a necessary evil, but really..
But over break, I sat down and read a regular ol' story book, just for the pleasure of it. I've owned Armistead Maupin's 'The Night Listener' for several years now, but never read it. Actually, a year or so after I bought it the movie of it came out, and I said I didn't want to see the movie until after I'd read the book. But then I picked up and started reading 'The Tale of Genji', and said I didn't want to start on any other books until I'd finished that. Well.... I've been working on Genji for four years now, and I'm not even half way through yet. .^^ I think that's going to be a lifelong project.
So I started on 'The Night Listener', and finished it in a week and a half. .^^ It was that good. And then I rented the movie (I like how between the time I bought the book and read it, the movie had come out, went to video, then moved from the new releases section to the regular shelves at the video store.. .^^; ). The movie was... almost completely different, and a little disjointed. Actually... the further it went away from the book, the better it became as a movie.
Anyway. Good book, I totally recommend it.
Saa~ And there was so much more I wanted to write, but, as usual, when I finally get to sit down, I forget it all.
Oh! And work has been weird.
Yes. That is all. .^^;
Teaching as been going ok. I'm teaching English at an adult-education place; so far my class has 11 students, and all but two of them are Spanish-speakers. Eight of the students are from Mexico, one from Peru, one from China, and one from Japan. And of the 11, there are three I haven't met yet, since they haven't been coming to class. I wonder if they'd eventually be dropped off my class roster?
It's always scary just before the class, when I sit there and dwell on how I have to stand in front of a bunch of people who aren't going to understand most of what I say, but when I'm actually doing it, it's not that bad. I do have a few students who spend more time talking to each other than practicing their English (and these are adults?), but I've said most of my life that if I were a teacher and had a situation like that, I'd keep right on going so the people who are paying attention and are anxious to learn can. So I'm trying that theory now.
And hopefully, in the end, I'll get a shiny TESL certification out of it.
Over winter break, I had several things I wanted to do with my extra time. .... I got one of those things done. .^^; And that was reading a book.
I forget, sometimes, that reading was my first true love. But the past few years the only things I've had time to read were books for school, and I've gotta tell ya... academic reading is so boring. I hate books that have to quote a source every other sentence - it's so disruptive to the flow of text. I understand it's a necessary evil, but really..
But over break, I sat down and read a regular ol' story book, just for the pleasure of it. I've owned Armistead Maupin's 'The Night Listener' for several years now, but never read it. Actually, a year or so after I bought it the movie of it came out, and I said I didn't want to see the movie until after I'd read the book. But then I picked up and started reading 'The Tale of Genji', and said I didn't want to start on any other books until I'd finished that. Well.... I've been working on Genji for four years now, and I'm not even half way through yet. .^^ I think that's going to be a lifelong project.
So I started on 'The Night Listener', and finished it in a week and a half. .^^ It was that good. And then I rented the movie (I like how between the time I bought the book and read it, the movie had come out, went to video, then moved from the new releases section to the regular shelves at the video store.. .^^; ). The movie was... almost completely different, and a little disjointed. Actually... the further it went away from the book, the better it became as a movie.
Anyway. Good book, I totally recommend it.
Saa~ And there was so much more I wanted to write, but, as usual, when I finally get to sit down, I forget it all.
Oh! And work has been weird.
Yes. That is all. .^^;
