November 2, 2007
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I finished the first week of teaching today... and i am EXHAUSTED!!! but it was a lot of fun. I have about 20 students and they all seem super nice and eager to learn. We tend to laugh a lot in class.
I joked a couple entries ago about how for human bingo I would have to write down "find someone who has performed or seen a brain surgery." I didn't actually put that down, but I guess I should have, because one of my students is a brain doctor person.
The classes are comprised of an interesting mix of people. There are some nurses, some doctors, some professors, a banker, dental students, a psychiatrist, stem cell researchers, cancer researchers, medical technology engineers, and other really nerdy folk. One of my nerdy students has an e-mail that starts with "concentric" and he went on about something about circles and whatnot. My brain shut down after his first few words.
I spent hours preparing for the classes, and now I really want to go to sleep.
we read an article today that had a lot of slang. stuff like, creep, in my league, i'm a catch, killer smile, etc. and i asked them to use them in a conversation with partners. then i had them share a statement with the class. one of my doctors said, "you are quite a catch, and i believe that someday you will find someone in your league."
hahaha!ok, i'm super tired. hope all are well and happy! it's really cold here!
autumn pictures to come...
Comments (11)
esssssttttthhhhheeerrrr.. good to hear you're mtg lots of interesting? new folks! they're lucky to have ya to learn from! it's not the same w/o ya.. just not the same..
hey and esther, you're quite a catch with a killer smile, far better than the creeps in my league.
haha! What a great idea to have them use those slang phrases in conversation! LOVE what that one student came up with to describe you!
glad you're having fun! I love learning new slang too!
in Korean, i mean.
ahahaha.... i have some slang flashcards i should send to you.
you're so cool...hey. what canon camera model do you have?
school is eh...we're covering boring material. I have some extra canon cable/usb thingies. I can send you one. have you tried a memory card reader for your camera pictures? They are pretty inexpensive and you can stick in several different memory cards in them and it will read your pictures/video/etc. Let me know!
You're teaching! that's so awesome!
you gotta post more class happenings...so fun to read!
gotta go to a ducks game for work this wk.. thought of you.. =(
the sentence the doctor said is pretty funny.
you should get them into ebonics. that same sentence: "you are quite a catch, and i believe that someday you will find someone in your league."
would magically turn into: "yous aiight, but yous cant handle these steez. you heard?"
oh man. please. it would be great for mankind.
hahaha that's awesome. that creep with a killer smile is so not in my league so i'm gonna catch him? no that doesn't work at all.
i miss you!!!! eeeee!
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