(This entry intially titled, “Words that warm a neophyte teacher’s heart”) Today I was nearly nodding off at the end of my 3:30 lesson, so just before my 4:30 lesson started I asked my student if we could start a couple minutes late so I could dash across the street for a cup (read: shot) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘frustration’
purring then fuming
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged frustration, irritating, Italian idiosyncracies, students, teaching, work on Monday 26 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
why can’t I work in a normal school like Julia?
Posted in humorous, regular, spring, year 1, tagged frustration, random, work on Wednesday 12 March, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[This copied from an email I just wrote to my sister Sarawan, as it happened in the middle of writing an email to her.] Okay, can I take a moment to tell you exactly how crazy my boss is? I just now received a text message from my boss, saying, “Are you coming for 6.30?” [...]
aneurysms, anyone?
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged frustration, language, random, TEFL, work on Tuesday 20 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Teaching your own language in another language in which you’re only just becoming fluent is a really good way to make your brain explode. It helps if they can’t grasp that the possessive ‘s goes on the possessor, not the possessed. End.
grrrr Italians
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged frustration, teaching, work on Friday 19 October, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Oy. My school may be relatively reliable and well organized in comparison to other Italian schools, but they’re still not entirely immune to Italian-esque miscommunications. Last night I had the Advanced Class and prepared the first chapter of the Advanced textbook, as I had every other night. So I introduced myself and guided them through [...]
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Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged culture shock, discouraging, frustration, irritating on Tuesday 9 October, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is hard.
