i type too much D:
D: ......excluding the cold and bug bites, i've been really lucky this week.... ^^''' and i kinda feel bad about it.
this morning my alarm clock went off, but i stupidly turned it all the way off and then laid in bed for a little while instead of getting up immediately.... resulting in me not waking up again until 20 mintues before i had to leave. D': baaaaaddd, but i'm lucky as hell that i woke up when i did. >_>; then when i was riding to school it only drizzled. lucky again~ but it was a little chilly, so the ride still made my throat feel a little worse for wear.
when the vice principle (who seems to be my main helper at the school) found out that i had a cold before school started, she asked the other JTEs if it was alright for me to go home after my four classes.... so i got to go home early again today. ^^;; of course that was an appreciated lucky break for me, but i still feel kinda bad because i don't think the other JTEs get off so easily if they have colds... i think i'm just treated specially, and i don't want to take too much advantage of that if i can avoid it. >_>;; but i came home today partially because they weren't suggesting i go home, they kinda just told me to do it. will i fight? no. not with the word "hospital" and frowning faces going around.
then when first period came, it was discovered that i had accidentally been double booked for classes. :x the class that had been scheduled for 2nd period (a self-intro class for 3rd years) was really during 1st period (a speaking test for 1st years)... D': since the 1st year's test couldn't be postponed, i did it 1st period and the 3rd year self-intro was pushed back to next week, meaning i only had 3 classes to do today as 2nd period was now free. luuuucckkky? i was a little sad, though, 'cause a 3rd year student that had often been coming to the teachers room and telling me that he was looking forward to me coming to his class was in that class that was pushed back. :[ he was kinda sad.
the speaking test class went well, as speaking tests always do. they're fun because all i have to do is watch/listen to groups of students say/perform stuff as i tick things off on a paper. :x fuuuunn, easssy. the self intros for the 3rd years.... were a major drag. the students themselves were extremely quiet, save for the class clowns/smartalecs, and i couldn't get them to respond to anything. x-x; they're just like
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while i talked. ^^; and one of the teachers i taught with was the teacher whom i've previously taught with and didn't much care for. >_>;; this JTE is kinda hard to work with mainly due to her personality and not so great english. i don't mind her lack of great english aside from it sometimes leading to miscommunication during class. and sometimes she seems to get so absorbed in what i'm saying that she doesn't translate what i'm saying to the students, even though i wish she would. other times i think she just choses not to/forgets to translate things.
the whole in-class translation thing between JTEs and ALTs can get a little touchy. sometimes an ALT will really really need and want the JTE to translate certain things they are saying, and sometimes the JTE wont (as in this case) and it can be rather frustrating because then the students stop following what you're saying, and often if they can't understand you they will instantly become uninterested in the lesson. during a self-intro lesson ALTs have to talk about things using words that the students can't be expected to know, for example, so translation is essential. other times, the ALT will NOT want the JTE to translate what they say so that the students can try to figure things out themselves through context and such, among other reasons. but i've heard many a complaint from ALTs about JTEs sometimes overly translating things. so much so that the students will automatically fall back on the JTE's translation and not even pay attention to the english spoken by the ALT. D:
anyway, i could talk more about this, but it could be its own entry. sometimes it's not easy to approach a JTE about this subject... i haven't attempted to bring it up with any of my JTEs. ^^' maybe later.... the other teacher i taught with today wasn't as great on the translation thing either, but it was my first time working with him and such so we'll see how things continue. once these self intros are done i wont have to need so much translation anyway...
moving on, i came home after 4th period (wasn't raining, yay~), ate Campbell's minestrone and took a short nap. my hand, btw, is improving. it's gone down so much that my hand looks relatively normal now. the main reason why i know that it still needs to go down more is because i still can't see the vains on the back of my hand.... and my hand is that scrawny that i should be able to. :p otherwise, aside from occasional discomfort using it, my hand is alright.
i have japanese class tonight, so i have to leave for that soon. it was nice getting a nap in today, though.
this morning my alarm clock went off, but i stupidly turned it all the way off and then laid in bed for a little while instead of getting up immediately.... resulting in me not waking up again until 20 mintues before i had to leave. D': baaaaaddd, but i'm lucky as hell that i woke up when i did. >_>; then when i was riding to school it only drizzled. lucky again~ but it was a little chilly, so the ride still made my throat feel a little worse for wear.
when the vice principle (who seems to be my main helper at the school) found out that i had a cold before school started, she asked the other JTEs if it was alright for me to go home after my four classes.... so i got to go home early again today. ^^;; of course that was an appreciated lucky break for me, but i still feel kinda bad because i don't think the other JTEs get off so easily if they have colds... i think i'm just treated specially, and i don't want to take too much advantage of that if i can avoid it. >_>;; but i came home today partially because they weren't suggesting i go home, they kinda just told me to do it. will i fight? no. not with the word "hospital" and frowning faces going around.
then when first period came, it was discovered that i had accidentally been double booked for classes. :x the class that had been scheduled for 2nd period (a self-intro class for 3rd years) was really during 1st period (a speaking test for 1st years)... D': since the 1st year's test couldn't be postponed, i did it 1st period and the 3rd year self-intro was pushed back to next week, meaning i only had 3 classes to do today as 2nd period was now free. luuuucckkky? i was a little sad, though, 'cause a 3rd year student that had often been coming to the teachers room and telling me that he was looking forward to me coming to his class was in that class that was pushed back. :[ he was kinda sad.
the speaking test class went well, as speaking tests always do. they're fun because all i have to do is watch/listen to groups of students say/perform stuff as i tick things off on a paper. :x fuuuunn, easssy. the self intros for the 3rd years.... were a major drag. the students themselves were extremely quiet, save for the class clowns/smartalecs, and i couldn't get them to respond to anything. x-x; they're just like
starestarestarestare
sleepsleepsleepsleep
readbookreadbookreadbook
while i talked. ^^; and one of the teachers i taught with was the teacher whom i've previously taught with and didn't much care for. >_>;; this JTE is kinda hard to work with mainly due to her personality and not so great english. i don't mind her lack of great english aside from it sometimes leading to miscommunication during class. and sometimes she seems to get so absorbed in what i'm saying that she doesn't translate what i'm saying to the students, even though i wish she would. other times i think she just choses not to/forgets to translate things.
the whole in-class translation thing between JTEs and ALTs can get a little touchy. sometimes an ALT will really really need and want the JTE to translate certain things they are saying, and sometimes the JTE wont (as in this case) and it can be rather frustrating because then the students stop following what you're saying, and often if they can't understand you they will instantly become uninterested in the lesson. during a self-intro lesson ALTs have to talk about things using words that the students can't be expected to know, for example, so translation is essential. other times, the ALT will NOT want the JTE to translate what they say so that the students can try to figure things out themselves through context and such, among other reasons. but i've heard many a complaint from ALTs about JTEs sometimes overly translating things. so much so that the students will automatically fall back on the JTE's translation and not even pay attention to the english spoken by the ALT. D:
anyway, i could talk more about this, but it could be its own entry. sometimes it's not easy to approach a JTE about this subject... i haven't attempted to bring it up with any of my JTEs. ^^' maybe later.... the other teacher i taught with today wasn't as great on the translation thing either, but it was my first time working with him and such so we'll see how things continue. once these self intros are done i wont have to need so much translation anyway...
moving on, i came home after 4th period (wasn't raining, yay~), ate Campbell's minestrone and took a short nap. my hand, btw, is improving. it's gone down so much that my hand looks relatively normal now. the main reason why i know that it still needs to go down more is because i still can't see the vains on the back of my hand.... and my hand is that scrawny that i should be able to. :p otherwise, aside from occasional discomfort using it, my hand is alright.
i have japanese class tonight, so i have to leave for that soon. it was nice getting a nap in today, though.