Teaching Strategies

I feel more comfortable with teaching lately. I finally got everything done for my classes including planning, marking, writing report cards and having everything inputed to the computer system.

Some of the kids are really awesome. They are smart, funny and eager to learn. Some of them drive me to drink. I find that making fun of them every now and then keeps them laughing and gets their attention. I often make fun of myself, or I will say one of the few Korean words that I know. I hate the term "shut up", but its something they understand and for some reason think its hilarious. A good punishment is having them stand in front of the class holding books about their heads. I've even heard of making them hold downward facing dog for 15 minutes.

My students eat weird food and make me try their new snacks all the time. They write in their diaries every week and ask me questions, like what is my favourite season or what did I do on the weekend. They mix up their words and have names like Eunice, Albert and D.P. They are amazed at the speed at which I can speak English, and laugh at me when I try to speak Korean.