When I first met my boss, she asked me how old I was. I'm sure she knew but then she told me that I looked really young. Then today she told me that I looked like one of the students. I will admit, it's hard to figure out what I should wear to work because I don't want to be too dressy, yet, I don't want to be too casual. Sometimes I think I can handle wearing jeans or black pants but I can't. I sweat very easily and to live in a tropical climate like Taipei doesn't help at all. I found out yesterday that I'm the youngest employee at Kojen which makes me happy but also, I need to realize I need to dress older. I was wearing a silver head band, a shirt, capris, and shoes which maybe doesn't make me look older. Then my trainer and boss talked about my cheeks lol So I guess I need a wardrobe change maybe or a face transplant? jk jk lol
It was my second day of observation and I was observing a class that was pretty advanced. They were roughly 13 years old and they can understand fairly well and make good sentences. The teacher who is around 24 decides to play 20 questions which I don't know why he chose that game. That's hard even if you aren't a native English speaker. So the teacher let me play and I was stumped just like the students. We asked questions like is it hard? it is inside? can you touch it? what color is it? is it natural? So we were narrowing down to things like rain, mud, and sunshine. The teacher kept saying that we talk about it everyday and that we should get it since it's really easy. Oh and it wasn't even in the vocabulary list. Yeah the word was....WEATHER! Umm...that's really hard! And he didn't answer the questions correctly either because he said it is not hard but hail and ice, parts of weather are hard. Yeah I called him out actually and the students were giggling. I mean, I did it for fun too but honestly, if I did that in Chinese I would hate it lol So here's some advice, never play 20 questions with your students when teaching any foreign languages!
-Chihchat
Lilly! I want to see pictures of your students and you in Taiwan! It'd be great if you can post some up for the next post! I know you have your camera with you...
ReplyDeleteWell it depends on the privacy code. I have to ask my boss but I hope I can. I start teaching July 1st, I'm excited! But yes I will add pictures of some of the things I'm talking about. Ming, I wish you were here. You would just love some of these kids..they are so crazy!! haha
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