I love my job.
Student - "I love Steven Seagal."
Student - "...like Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governator in California." I thought this was a clever joke made by one of my students until I realized the translation for "governor" in Spanish is "gobernador." This was only a mistake, he wasn't trying to be funny at all. I bet he was wondering why I was laughing at him.
Student - "I won't date a man with back hair or a man with silly underwear. He might shave his back but it will still grow back and he might say that he got rid of all the underwear but he probably has some hidden somewhere still."
*answer on a test to the question "What happens when a person becomes a teenager?" -
"When start to discover himself and get curious and pimples."
Student - "I'm 70% sure we're all going to die next year so we should do what we want."
*while handing a student a test he had to take for class* Student - "You look very nice today teacher." Me - "No I don't, here's your test."
Student - "What is the coocoo clan?" Me - "Do you mean the Ku Klux Klan?" Student - "Yes."
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Monday, April 13, 2009
I think I'll move
I thought for most of the day about moving to Argentina to teach English. The more I think about it the more I want it.
What is there to hold me back, really? Family, friends, a familiar culture, yes. But that will all be waiting for me when I come back.
As much as it excites me it equally scares me to think about dropping everything and going. I think I'll go back to Buenos Aires in the fall again and test the waters. If I get the same feeling I got when I was there before I'll do it. If not, there's always something else to explore, or somewhere else. :)
What is there to hold me back, really? Family, friends, a familiar culture, yes. But that will all be waiting for me when I come back.
As much as it excites me it equally scares me to think about dropping everything and going. I think I'll go back to Buenos Aires in the fall again and test the waters. If I get the same feeling I got when I was there before I'll do it. If not, there's always something else to explore, or somewhere else. :)
Friday, February 27, 2009
need to recharge
It's the 27th! It's got to be a good day, it's my lucky number.
I think my impatience with my class last night was more a result of my feeling burnt from two semesters in a row. Really I'm just whining for no legitimate reason, I have had students in the past who get up at 4 or 5, work until 6 and then go to class from 7 to 9. This same student I use as an example here is the one who cooked an amazing meat and vegetable dish for the graduation party one night. Where does she find the time? The energy? And I'm complaining?
Sometimes I forget just how hard it is to understand another language. Spanish has been very tough for me, I know English is tough for them. I just have to try to put myself in check before class until the end of the semester. It's not their fault I'm tired, they still deserve the best teacher possible. Shake it off Kippy!
I think my impatience with my class last night was more a result of my feeling burnt from two semesters in a row. Really I'm just whining for no legitimate reason, I have had students in the past who get up at 4 or 5, work until 6 and then go to class from 7 to 9. This same student I use as an example here is the one who cooked an amazing meat and vegetable dish for the graduation party one night. Where does she find the time? The energy? And I'm complaining?
Sometimes I forget just how hard it is to understand another language. Spanish has been very tough for me, I know English is tough for them. I just have to try to put myself in check before class until the end of the semester. It's not their fault I'm tired, they still deserve the best teacher possible. Shake it off Kippy!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
during class
Teaching really does allow for constant enlightenment.
Sometimes I think of the coolest shit when I'm teaching, things I can't really devise in my own head because it's normally clouded with everything all at once.
Yesterday I got into a discussion with my ESL class about the 2nd amendment. After we started discussing people's fascination with guns and violence I thought about the reasoning behind this; movies, cartoons, video games. I decided then and there while teaching that it's best to blame society. You can't blame one single person or group for the way a society thinks, there are too many moving parts that go into it. You can't blame the kids, can't blame the parents. If we lived in a country where that type of thing was not valued then it would be more likely that people would be less inclined to use violence as a means to an end.
(I'll quote Ron Soloman here, that douche-)
Not a sermon, just a thought.
Sometimes I think of the coolest shit when I'm teaching, things I can't really devise in my own head because it's normally clouded with everything all at once.
Yesterday I got into a discussion with my ESL class about the 2nd amendment. After we started discussing people's fascination with guns and violence I thought about the reasoning behind this; movies, cartoons, video games. I decided then and there while teaching that it's best to blame society. You can't blame one single person or group for the way a society thinks, there are too many moving parts that go into it. You can't blame the kids, can't blame the parents. If we lived in a country where that type of thing was not valued then it would be more likely that people would be less inclined to use violence as a means to an end.
(I'll quote Ron Soloman here, that douche-)
Not a sermon, just a thought.
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