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Today has been one of those days. I had a headache before I even left for work this morning. I took some Advil and Tylenol and went to work. I spent first period preparing materials that I would need for class. I made a game for my 5th period class and made copies of work sheets and what not. Aside from the headache, classes went well. I had one student (9th grade) tell me he loves me LOL. That was great. And one of my favourite 8th graders and I had some fun in the classroom too. I walked into class today and was wearing a sweater (unusual for me) and Gakuto (GACKT) asked me, right away, where’s your akabeko (the I love Fukushima shirt with the little red cow on it). So I pulled the neck of my sweater down far enough for him to see the akabeko on my shirt. Then everyone laughed because, yeah, that probably wasn’t the cleanest of gestures. LOL
There is one student at this school that I am REALLY starting to dislike. Wada (last name) is an 8th grader and she is a little freaky and a lot rude. She flat out told me that she didn’t want my help in class because I’m not a real English teacher. That was on the second day of class. She has this really annoying habit of coming to the teacher’s room between classes and at lunch break and …well, whenever she has free time. She just stands in the door and watches us. She never announces herself and unless we ask her what she wants, she doesn’t say anything. And when we tell her to go back to her classroom she’ll come up with a reason to be there.
Today she came in at lunch and basically just stood around for more than 10 minutes and stared at me. She kept staring at me during class too. Wasn’t even pretending to pay attention to what we were doing in class. I finally got fed up and just stared back at her until she looked away. Other students have said that they’ll be doing something and turn around and she’s right behind them watching them too. FREAKY! And rude!
Today’s worksheet was another example. She’s lazy and doesn’t want to try and won’t accept my help either. So today’s worksheet was opinions. I think…. So they had to answer 6 questions. What do you think about English Class? What do you think about your homeroom teacher? What do you think about America? What do you think about AKB48? What do you think about (TV SHOW)? What do you think about (ALT)?
She wrote her answers in Japanese instead of in English (it’s English class, come on!) and then wrote that her homeroom teacher is “perfect” and that the ALT (me) is “not marvelous” (doesn’t really translate). Other student’s opinions varied, and that’s fine, but Wada just gets to me. So I’ve pretty much stopped paying attention to her in class. If she has a problem she can ask Kazuko Sensei, who teaches with me. But this whole staring thing really needs to stop. Talk about annoying.
All I can say is TGIF!!! I need a couple of days off to relax. lol
Just got home...it's 14C in my apartment. I miss central heating!
There is one student at this school that I am REALLY starting to dislike. Wada (last name) is an 8th grader and she is a little freaky and a lot rude. She flat out told me that she didn’t want my help in class because I’m not a real English teacher. That was on the second day of class. She has this really annoying habit of coming to the teacher’s room between classes and at lunch break and …well, whenever she has free time. She just stands in the door and watches us. She never announces herself and unless we ask her what she wants, she doesn’t say anything. And when we tell her to go back to her classroom she’ll come up with a reason to be there.
Today she came in at lunch and basically just stood around for more than 10 minutes and stared at me. She kept staring at me during class too. Wasn’t even pretending to pay attention to what we were doing in class. I finally got fed up and just stared back at her until she looked away. Other students have said that they’ll be doing something and turn around and she’s right behind them watching them too. FREAKY! And rude!
Today’s worksheet was another example. She’s lazy and doesn’t want to try and won’t accept my help either. So today’s worksheet was opinions. I think…. So they had to answer 6 questions. What do you think about English Class? What do you think about your homeroom teacher? What do you think about America? What do you think about AKB48? What do you think about (TV SHOW)? What do you think about (ALT)?
She wrote her answers in Japanese instead of in English (it’s English class, come on!) and then wrote that her homeroom teacher is “perfect” and that the ALT (me) is “not marvelous” (doesn’t really translate). Other student’s opinions varied, and that’s fine, but Wada just gets to me. So I’ve pretty much stopped paying attention to her in class. If she has a problem she can ask Kazuko Sensei, who teaches with me. But this whole staring thing really needs to stop. Talk about annoying.
All I can say is TGIF!!! I need a couple of days off to relax. lol
Just got home...it's 14C in my apartment. I miss central heating!