August 2010 (+ news)
I'll be back in Ireland tomorrow night. Another month before I start working... but I've got stuff to do. I hope that the school will give me their programm soon, so that I can start working seriously on what I'm going to do with the girls. I've got a few ideas, but my biggest problem is their level, which apparently isn't very high : I have to find material that they will be able to understand... and at the same time I'd really like to show them more of French culture and of French literature. So if I want them to study, say, Jules Verne, I have to find a text that they will be able to understand without panicking. I guess I'll have to wait a few weeks before I really start doing that kind of stuff, so that I can really evaluate their level.
Last time I had someone from the school on the phone, I was told that a teacher would always be in the classroom with me. I guess it will be handy for the first few classes, but I'm not sure about the rest of the year. Not that I really plan to do things that they might not agree with - there are a few subjects I had to give up in fear of provocating/hurting anyone's feelings - but well... I guess we'll see how it goes. And having a teacher with me doesn't mean that I won't get to do things on my own - hopefully.
Now on to what I've seen and read last month...
Books (new)
- Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
- How many miles to Babylon, Jennifer Johnston (ongoing)
Comics : Deadpool VS Thunderbolts, Deadpool : X Marks the Spot, Kick-Ass.
Movies
New : (in cinema or on DVD)
- Dogville, Lars Von Trier
- Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn
- Nine, Rob Marshall
- A Single Mind, Tom Ford
- Monsters VS. Aliens, Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
- The Book of Eli, Albert & Allen Hughes
- Vanilla Sky, Cameron Crowe
- Frankie and Johnny, Garry Marshall
- Knight and Day, James Mangold
- Avatar : the Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalan (f*ck James Cameron)
That I had seen before :
- The Proposal, Anne Fletcher
- Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
TV shows
- Avatar : the Last Airbender - 2x13 to 3x09
- Six Feet Under - 1x03 to 1x06
- Bleach - episodes 28 to 127
- Fringe - season 1 (♥ !)
Video games
- Fable II (main story finished)
- Pokemon : Pearl
Icons made
- The Tudors, Disney, Prince of Persia & Sherlock Holmes
Last time I had someone from the school on the phone, I was told that a teacher would always be in the classroom with me. I guess it will be handy for the first few classes, but I'm not sure about the rest of the year. Not that I really plan to do things that they might not agree with - there are a few subjects I had to give up in fear of provocating/hurting anyone's feelings - but well... I guess we'll see how it goes. And having a teacher with me doesn't mean that I won't get to do things on my own - hopefully.
Now on to what I've seen and read last month...
Books (new)
- Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
- How many miles to Babylon, Jennifer Johnston (ongoing)
Comics : Deadpool VS Thunderbolts, Deadpool : X Marks the Spot, Kick-Ass.
Movies
New : (in cinema or on DVD)
- Dogville, Lars Von Trier
- Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn
- Nine, Rob Marshall
- A Single Mind, Tom Ford
- Monsters VS. Aliens, Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
- The Book of Eli, Albert & Allen Hughes
- Vanilla Sky, Cameron Crowe
- Frankie and Johnny, Garry Marshall
- Knight and Day, James Mangold
- Avatar : the Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalan (f*ck James Cameron)
That I had seen before :
- The Proposal, Anne Fletcher
- Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
TV shows
- Avatar : the Last Airbender - 2x13 to 3x09
- Six Feet Under - 1x03 to 1x06
- Bleach - episodes 28 to 127
- Fringe - season 1 (♥ !)
Video games
- Fable II (main story finished)
- Pokemon : Pearl
Icons made
- The Tudors, Disney, Prince of Persia & Sherlock Holmes