congratulations! you get to learn today!
my tutees call me "miss katherine." hehehehehe, messed-up! i enjoy it; power rush. they also guessed that i'm 14 or 15 years old. "17?!?! but you look YOUNGG!!" IF i were 43 years old & considering botox, i'd be flattered.
i'm the rebel teacher. today, i ran out & bought a pack of juicy fruit - "do you want?" & everyone wanted. the rules next to the board: ABSOLUTELY NO GUM-CHEWING. the director's wife came in & caught some dense kid smacking his mouth up & down, and made half the class spit out their wads. so i just redistributed fresh sticks to them >;) i also like to put a little laughter into learning. that's against the rules too -- mr. kim (director) barged in on us once when everyone was cracking up at little jeff jumping up & down in order to reach the problem on the board, and he said, "WHOS LAUGHING? WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?? DONT LAUGH." it's disturbing & (korean) old-school, man, but not my place to say anything.
i have my favorites already: 3rd-4th grade class: jonathan (bubble boy with hair my hand almost gets stuck in) & wendy (she's adorable & the very important thing is that she DOESNT KNOW IT - her mom also color-coordinates her everyday). 5th-6th grade class: olarn (who's a mix of "50% thai, 50% english, 50% chinese"), & 2 best friends -- jamie & soojeung... jamie is skinny, slanted eyes... soojeung - chubby, big eyes. i love them to death, & they look up to me, & give me food. it's a nice feeling.
the rest of the time, i want to strangle them all. 98% are the most unmotivated bunch of ceiling-staring, clock-glomming brats. "miss katherine - what time is it yet? .... i want to go home... i'm hungry... *whine whine* " SHUT UP!!!!!!!! and they (6th-graders) don't know how to do all this math they should know by that age -- adding fractions, converting mixed into improper, lining up decimal points, negative #s, etc. it's bizarre & frustrating.
i have much to learn about child psychology.
& i'll lose my voice by thursday, guaranteed.
i'm the rebel teacher. today, i ran out & bought a pack of juicy fruit - "do you want?" & everyone wanted. the rules next to the board: ABSOLUTELY NO GUM-CHEWING. the director's wife came in & caught some dense kid smacking his mouth up & down, and made half the class spit out their wads. so i just redistributed fresh sticks to them >;) i also like to put a little laughter into learning. that's against the rules too -- mr. kim (director) barged in on us once when everyone was cracking up at little jeff jumping up & down in order to reach the problem on the board, and he said, "WHOS LAUGHING? WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?? DONT LAUGH." it's disturbing & (korean) old-school, man, but not my place to say anything.
i have my favorites already: 3rd-4th grade class: jonathan (bubble boy with hair my hand almost gets stuck in) & wendy (she's adorable & the very important thing is that she DOESNT KNOW IT - her mom also color-coordinates her everyday). 5th-6th grade class: olarn (who's a mix of "50% thai, 50% english, 50% chinese"), & 2 best friends -- jamie & soojeung... jamie is skinny, slanted eyes... soojeung - chubby, big eyes. i love them to death, & they look up to me, & give me food. it's a nice feeling.
the rest of the time, i want to strangle them all. 98% are the most unmotivated bunch of ceiling-staring, clock-glomming brats. "miss katherine - what time is it yet? .... i want to go home... i'm hungry... *whine whine* " SHUT UP!!!!!!!! and they (6th-graders) don't know how to do all this math they should know by that age -- adding fractions, converting mixed into improper, lining up decimal points, negative #s, etc. it's bizarre & frustrating.
i have much to learn about child psychology.
& i'll lose my voice by thursday, guaranteed.