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The madness has begun!
Jun. 21st, 2004 03:46 pmWell, actually, it's only exams, and I'm not even sitting them. I'm on the other end of the problem, and it's still hard. I have 320 students to give oral English exams to (and no rude comments, please!).
However, having managed to farm out one lower-level class to my other half, I have now persuaded him that he will conduct the exams for all three lower class. So really I only have to listen to 200 students mangle the English language.
The first class (of 42 students) went remarkably well. But I hate being the examiner. I hate sitting in judgement on the students, and resisting helping them finish the sentences. Perhaps I'm not really cut out to be a teacher.
I bought a bead curtain this weekend. I think that Whitsunday will be envious, it's very pretty. And I watched them make it up. The fun of communicating without speaking! Having found the colour of beads I wanted, I then listened in bemusement to the questions of the stall holder. Figured out he wanted the dimensions of the door, so I indicated - this high by about this wide. And it was done. Was rather nervous about the price - not quite being able to understand his answer to my question. It looked like he would charge by the string. Turned out they weighed it - just a bit over 5.5kgs. Came to 80 yuen, or about $20NZ. Not bad for a very pretty curtain, now blocking the view from the girl's dorm, through our kitchen, and into our bedroom. Means that we can have the air con (in the living room) on, not too many clothes, and the door open.
Hmm, they don't have a mood icon for 'vindictive teacher inflicting pain and suffering in the form of exams'. I wonder what a pensive hamster looks like?
However, having managed to farm out one lower-level class to my other half, I have now persuaded him that he will conduct the exams for all three lower class. So really I only have to listen to 200 students mangle the English language.
The first class (of 42 students) went remarkably well. But I hate being the examiner. I hate sitting in judgement on the students, and resisting helping them finish the sentences. Perhaps I'm not really cut out to be a teacher.
I bought a bead curtain this weekend. I think that Whitsunday will be envious, it's very pretty. And I watched them make it up. The fun of communicating without speaking! Having found the colour of beads I wanted, I then listened in bemusement to the questions of the stall holder. Figured out he wanted the dimensions of the door, so I indicated - this high by about this wide. And it was done. Was rather nervous about the price - not quite being able to understand his answer to my question. It looked like he would charge by the string. Turned out they weighed it - just a bit over 5.5kgs. Came to 80 yuen, or about $20NZ. Not bad for a very pretty curtain, now blocking the view from the girl's dorm, through our kitchen, and into our bedroom. Means that we can have the air con (in the living room) on, not too many clothes, and the door open.
Hmm, they don't have a mood icon for 'vindictive teacher inflicting pain and suffering in the form of exams'. I wonder what a pensive hamster looks like?
