Gah. Sorry to hear about the speeding ticket... that sounds so unfair.
And your job sounds fun as always. Man, after teaching English to
1- a teen girl that scowled at every mention of study 2- an elderly woman that needed everything explained to her at least three times 3- a very bright and knowlege-hungry young woman that would barely let me finish explaining one thing before getting it completely and switching to another topic
for two hours each today (one after the other, even!), I'm totally wishing I could trade my job for yours... each of them was exhausting in her own way.
The money is good, though. I'm saving up for a 3D card for my pc, and I'm very close to my goal... and my students seem happy with the way I teach them (even if I end up totally beat afterwards... teaching is hard work). Stupid vocation. Why must I be so good at what I do? If I was bad at it I'd at least have an excuse to whine about it. ^^U
I really want to go into teaching, so I hope that it's more enjoyable than you make it sound. ;)
Out of curiosity... are you tutoring or actually teaching? It occurred to me I don't even know how old you are! (I just assumed you were my age, 20-ish) Are you?
Enjoyable, it is... just very, very exhausting (at least, if you do it properly). Every student has their own way of learning, and adjusting to each and providing what they need requires a lot of versatility and imagination.
I guess you'd call it tutoring... though in language teaching lingo we prefer "one-on-one teaching".
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And your job sounds fun as always. Man, after teaching English to
1- a teen girl that scowled at every mention of study
2- an elderly woman that needed everything explained to her at least three times
3- a very bright and knowlege-hungry young woman that would barely let me finish explaining one thing before getting it completely and switching to another topic
for two hours each today (one after the other, even!), I'm totally wishing I could trade my job for yours... each of them was exhausting in her own way.
The money is good, though. I'm saving up for a 3D card for my pc, and I'm very close to my goal... and my students seem happy with the way I teach them (even if I end up totally beat afterwards... teaching is hard work). Stupid vocation. Why must I be so good at what I do? If I was bad at it I'd at least have an excuse to whine about it. ^^U
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Out of curiosity... are you tutoring or actually teaching? It occurred to me I don't even know how old you are! (I just assumed you were my age, 20-ish) Are you?
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I guess you'd call it tutoring... though in language teaching lingo we prefer "one-on-one teaching".
I'm 24. :)
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