Today I went to the Sports Complex Station in order to meet the Agency about my teaching. This agency is located at YBm Engoo headquarters where apparently TTI and YBM share an office. TTI is a company that I have no idea what they are about or how good of a company they are. Its ironic that my old job YBM and TTI are sharing a building together. There is no immediate affiliation with Engloo and ELS but the mother company YBM is the same.
I enquired about a position for my wife and the irony is that she may be my new partner which may or may not be good for us. Working at this after school program has brought me mixed results. I love the money, I love the time but as I keep writing about I don't enjoy the line of work. I am not complaining about working hard God knows that I put in so many hours at YBM and was happy to be doing it too!
The truth is that I need to think more of a Career- 25 years of service where I truly dedicate my life to making a better future for all people involved. I can't smile in the mirror that these kids don't give two shits in the world about ESL and me for that matter.
Today I was happy I may have found my wife a new job where we can work together and still share a lot of time.
On to the work front. As I may have mentioned the on going drama going on at Anmin is coming to an end. The teacher I work with may be a little hypocritical but she isn't brainless. She's quitting at the end of this week. I am a little sad to see her go simply because she does prepare well and sometimes she is helpful.
I taught my 4 hours and felt relaxed until the 3rd class. They don't listen at all. Listen repeat that's all they need to do but they failed miserably and unlike the Korean teacher I have to yell at them and try to figure out how to solve their stupidity. I don't speak any Korean but I do understand when people say be quiet sit down etc.
As a teacher I want to educate people the best way possible. I don't think this exists in Korea. A country that is only driven for profit and nothing else makes me give up on the education system. I dream big, I dream of being a real teacher or a person who really cares about what they do but the truth is there is no satisfaction from the work that I do here. I wasted 4 years in my university to tell students Apple Bird Cat its crazy and nonsense.
How can I be a better teacher? How can I make myself motivated to be better with real intentions instead of hiding behind ideals that are truly unattainable. Currently my wife and I are needing to discuss some things and since its late I need to get going I want to hear your responses..asap
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If you want to be a better teacher, you might try a lesson plan other than listen and repeat. That sounds terribly boring. Recalling my youth, I would probably have openly disrespected the teacher by making up a story about how s/he was a god and I had to worship them by writing their life story on the chalkboard in crude terms. (I actually did this).
ReplyDeleteMoral: bored kids are bad kids--make your lessons more fun.
I agree with Bryant! It's easy to make language learning into a game, so why not just do that? Kids love games. Everyone knows when kids are bored, they misbehave so....make it exciting! Pretend like that other teacher isn't there and take over the class and do your own thing for 30 mins. If your co-teachers lesson plans suck, make your own! Prepare before you get there!
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