It has been a long couple of weeks! We have been in the midst of preparing for the ALCPT, and the students are really inundating me with grammar questions no matter how much I try to focus on their listening which is the true area in which they need help.
Today, during my lesson, I was asked about eggs, chickens, furtile, and all this. I decided to do something that is usually very helpful when teaching, but also something I tend to be very bad at: drawing! Hopefully you will actually get to see the drawing, as I took a picture of it with one of my student's phones (I just need to figure out how to upload it here).
In addition to the drain being caused by trying to figure out questions like '"Why do we say the police are" but 'the army is'?" GRRRRRRRR... I know the answer to the latter but not the former, so I went online to look, and every website that claimed to have the answer is blocked! I have yet to crack the code the military uses in blocking websites, but I do know that it doesn't currently make any sense at all!!
Outside of the academics, I have to deal with the friendly British officers. These two are quite nice and very laid back. I am hoping that this will allow me more ability to relax and learn just how to not be stressed all the time. It seems that while people tend to discribe me as being laid back, this is not generally the case. I tend to worry and stress over things that have nothing to do with me. This is definitely not a good thing, so here is to hoping.
I am not sure what tomorrow will bring in the terms of test results for my students. There are a number of them that I know have the ability to pass, but they always seem to do things to keep themselves from that goal. I hope they don't do that this time. Once again, I will keep my fingures crossed that I will be able to kick a number of them out of here and get others in to teach!
Today, during my lesson, I was asked about eggs, chickens, furtile, and all this. I decided to do something that is usually very helpful when teaching, but also something I tend to be very bad at: drawing! Hopefully you will actually get to see the drawing, as I took a picture of it with one of my student's phones (I just need to figure out how to upload it here).
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| Erratic vs. irritate and the process of chicken growth all in one! |
In addition to the drain being caused by trying to figure out questions like '"Why do we say the police are" but 'the army is'?" GRRRRRRRR... I know the answer to the latter but not the former, so I went online to look, and every website that claimed to have the answer is blocked! I have yet to crack the code the military uses in blocking websites, but I do know that it doesn't currently make any sense at all!!
Outside of the academics, I have to deal with the friendly British officers. These two are quite nice and very laid back. I am hoping that this will allow me more ability to relax and learn just how to not be stressed all the time. It seems that while people tend to discribe me as being laid back, this is not generally the case. I tend to worry and stress over things that have nothing to do with me. This is definitely not a good thing, so here is to hoping.
I am not sure what tomorrow will bring in the terms of test results for my students. There are a number of them that I know have the ability to pass, but they always seem to do things to keep themselves from that goal. I hope they don't do that this time. Once again, I will keep my fingures crossed that I will be able to kick a number of them out of here and get others in to teach!
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