I had my first session as a language partner today! We had a meeting afterwards and one of the activities was to think of a word to describe it. I said new. >.>;; What?! We were in a group and we went clockwise, it was my turn before I knew it. So I said the first thing that popped in my head after 'Um'.

I arrived early this morning because I had to bring in a student with me. The partners were supposed to start after the student's morning class with the teachers and didn't have to be there until 10. Today was the first class so they had to be there a bit earlier to give in the tuition(if you can call it that): $30 (including books). Pretty good, I say. Much better than the usual thousand or so for other classes and stuff. XP

*sigh* I had an unexpected turn of events today. See, we have two hours with the participants: the first, to do a dialogue skit, and a second, to do whatever we wished. One of my students came to me with a piece she didn't quite understand.

Note: These are Intermediate students. They're not all at the same level, but I suppose they were here last year and got promoted or something.

I had to explain this to her:

A canner is exceedingly canny
One day he said to his granny
A canner can can anything he can
But he can't can a can, can he?

Now the grammer may not be entirely correct(the first and second line) because she copied it somewhere and we had already found something she had left out: But he can't can a can, can he?

It wasn't especially hard to explain, but from what I can tell...THESE STUDENTS AREN'T UP TO THAT! Yeesh. They don't even know what vocabulary means or possessive or pronoun, all of which I'm sure the teachers used more than once.

Oy. But I did have a great time today. It was a lot of fun. ^-^ And I'm definitely looking forward to next week! (Yes, this is a weekly thing.)

--Ack, I didn't realize I could plug! >.<;; Sorry!

Plugs: randomjunk, Nuttz, upanddown, middaymoon, JMC, The-Muffin-Man

It's fun to confuse people with those things. :P
» randomjunk on 2006-12-03 08:18:35

I think that would be so hard to do! I don't think I would have the patience.

And, I love your sleeping puppy :)
» lazypuppy on 2006-12-03 08:19:19

Sounds like you found your nitch?
» kkama67 on 2006-12-03 09:34:23

tongue twisters are always fun. and I like this avvie you have. its so cute :)
» LostSoul13 on 2006-12-03 10:22:06

its not curly, its wavy. And its natural. I think its sort of a combo from sleeping on it and putting it up for work {you would think that due to its length the weight would make it straighter. oh well}
» LostSoul13 on 2006-12-03 11:54:33

Haha
That's cool. Nothing wrong with confusing people. Well, I'm confused, but yeah...=P
» Sylphie on 2006-12-04 01:01:14

Lol what the heck?
You had to explain that?? That's fairly retarded, considering how even for well-versed English speakers that would take a few moments to decipher.

I've been a teacher for jump rope before XD. Lol it's hard sometimes...you always have to be positive, and you can't show how annoying those little kiddies are. IT's more fun to work with older kids...which is what you're doing right?

Anyways, have fun next week @ ur gig.
» The-Muffin-Man on 2006-12-04 01:09:50

It's not that horrid... just annoying. :/
» ikimashokie on 2006-12-04 03:51:11

I don't understand what it's supposed to mean..
By the what.. what are plugs?
» Nuttz on 2006-12-04 10:55:09

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