Tuesday May 14th
Only one cry in France class! It was Sally. Why did she cry? She was sick! Not that I am happy she was sick, that really sucks for her, but I'm happy there was no crying for dumb reasons. Sharon and Juliet almost cried, but I was able to solve their problems before they became all out sobs.
Only my France class has problems with crying. It has happened rarely in my other kindergartners classes, but nowhere near the same level as France.
The rest of the day ran pretty smoothly. Louise told me my schedule was going to change come next month. I am going to pick up another hour of Kindergarten every day. So I will have 6. But because I am doing that, they will be taking away some of my Tuesday Thursday classes. Which ones? Well the ones I enjoy the most, not my Korea class (The students that do not want to be there). The reason... because they think I do really well with the Korea class kids because I have such a great energy. I do not let their bad attitudes bring down the class that is already down. I appreciate that. But while I can keep that energy up in class, it really drains me. I really wish I could connect with them. The 2 Tuesday Thursday classes I am loosing, the kids are 1 year above Korea and 1 year below. All of them still have an evergy to learn and attempt to do good in class. I also found out that I am going to be starting a 1 on 1 with my Canada Chloe (my Vanellope from an earlier post).
I went with Hudson after school to emart. I almost bought a desk fan for 17000... turns out it is only USB powered. Nope. Not for that price. I ended up buying a bottle of wine...I have really been craving a nice glass of wine. So I figure that some day, I may really just want one... so I will have one on hand.
We then went to the GS and had a few beers with Ama, Sam, Rob, and Hudson...
We talked about literature and books. I seemed to be the only one that likes that pop fiction books. None of them did. I look at pop fiction as good quick fun reads, and I do not expect them to be life changing.
Wednesday May 15th.
Teachers Day!
Not that it is a competition, but I think I came in 2nd or 3rd place. Ama had the most gifts, I had the second most. Sarah did not get many gifts, but one of the ones she got was a coach purse. So... I am not disappointed in any respects. Some of the best gifts I got were the hand written and hand drawn cards from some of my students. I have not opened everything yet. I am going to go by school tomorrow morning and pick up all of my stuff and take it home. Then I will head away for my 4 day weekend.
Only one cried in France class, and it was right as the bell was getting ready to ring. Sharon and Julie sat next to each other (some agreement Christine had with them yesterday). So, some sort of drama happened between them, so Sharon gets all red and starts to cry. I say "If you two cannot get along and cannot sit next to eachother, I will move you" and instantly Sharon stops. I have no idea how the psyche of a kid works, but that sudden shift was amazing. If it could always be so easy. They really wanted to sit together, and maybe Sharon did not know that crying would make me move her.
My other classes all were pretty well. Ama gave me a tip that he uses when kids act bad. It is sort of a corporal punishment, which normally I would never be a fan of. But this kid is loud, stands up, talks, and is a general hassle in class. Today I did what Ama suggested. I think it will be great. Instead of just having a kid stand which I do, the kid stands with their arms out (like a cross). As soon as their arms start to sink, look at them, and sternly tell them to put their arms straight out. I had this kid like that for 10 minutes. I then asked him if I let him sit down, if he would sit nicely and quietly. He said yes. I let him sit back down, and he was a model student after that for the rest of class. Also after that all of the other students were on good behavior. These kids are first graders. I know it is tough to ask too much from them. But they can get so lout. It was much better being their first teacher instead of their second. First they still had energy. Now when I teach them, their learning energy is gone, but their apathy, not caring, just want to play energy is skyrocketing.
After school, went to the Nexen Heroes baseball game. I met Sarah's parents at the subway station. She was still teaching. So I took them to the stadium, and I got the tickets for them, Sarah, Ama, and Hudson. It was a beautiful day for baseball. The Heroes rocked! 19-1. I had a hotdog, which was okay. I had chicken bites with barbecue sauce, and I had grilled squid. I love eating. All of the food was delicious and decently priced. The hotdog was 3 bucks and relatively small, but I would get one again, because it is nearly the closest thing I have had to a real hotdog since I have been here.
Got back from the game, sat outside of the GS with Ama, Sam, Sams GF, Rob, Hudson just drinking beer and talking and having a good time.
I leave tomorrow morning for an adventure (well 2 adventures in 4 days). I will write about it if I can. It is Thursday/Friday (for one) and Saturday/Sunday (for the other). Not sure if I will be able to do intermittent post, or if I will do just one covering all four days. We'll see.
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