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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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gaijinalways
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Didn't that happen to you too  ?! |
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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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| Didn't that happen to you too ?! |
It sometimes happens to me now actually. I just thought Big John Stud had been a little young for incontinence.
I think he gave good advice that when you first start teaching most students will want to get to know you.
To stave off nerves it's a good idea to have a lot of things from home that you can show your students. This could be photographs, postcards, maps, menus, coins or notes from your country which you can pass around and deflect the attention from you. You should have a few, simple activities planned but don't push your students on their first time as it will be difficult to judge what they do or don't know to begin with.
Depending on the school and type of lessons you will be teaching you will probably have about a week's grace to find your feet, spend this time reading up on the teaching manuals, familiarising yourself with textbooks and making lesson materials.
If you teaching kids (particularly very young kids) then their interest in your background and photographs will be limited to non-existent. In this case a few games and maybe even some colouring books will be useful. |
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Quibby84
Joined: 10 Aug 2006
Posts: 643
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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referrring to the guy who accidently went in his pants..
that is the most awful "first time teaching" experience that I have ever heard! |
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johncanada24
Joined: 19 Oct 2006
Posts: 119
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: Did you Feel Nervous Teaching on you first day in Japan |
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Honestly guys I am really excited to go out and teach in Japan but at the same time I know im going to be so surprised and over whelmed by culture shock. My first day of teaching in front of the students will probably be the most difficult day of my life. Is there any quick suggestions anybody has ? Maybe you have a short story to tell or something. I don't care what it is I'm interested in hearing 
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I've been teaching for newly 20 years now, but I will never forget my very first day. When I look back now, I laugh, but then I didn't think the experience was so funny. My first class was a children class. I had bent over, and a child point his two hands together with both index fingers extended and then rammed his index fingers into that part of the body that the sun never shines in!
I instinctively leaped foreword, and my head banged against the wall. The whole class started laughing making me feel more embarrassed.
Later the same class one boy tried to do the same thing to my front side. I had stopped him, but other boy who already got me once got me again and again everyone cracked up.
I then had a returnee class. Being made a fool of by little kids had me going. The returnee kept asking me questions, and the more questions they asked my more my mind would go blank. I was so nervous by then, I actually went in my pants thinking I had to release gas. 
Then a girl says, "What smells so bad?" The expression on her face told me she knew as she innocently asked, "Teacher did you go in your pants?"
I didn't know what to do.  I couldn't leave in the middle of the class to take my underwear off, and knew they could smell it!
I tried to keep a distance for the rest of the lesson.
My last class was an adult class. The day had been long! I had a dinner break about two hours before the class. I went to the rest room and then entered the class. There was a real hot woman in the class, who kept on glance at me. She would make eye contact and then glance down my body to my private. I was already a nervous wreck, and the thought she might like me was making me more nervous because of the stain on my pants where I sit. I was still trying to keep a distance even though, I had thrown the soiled underwear in the trash in some public restroom.
I sat down, and discuss a topic, when I stood up the class at first tried to suppress the urge to burst out laughing, but the urge was too great. Everyone broke out laughing, and finally one of the male students gestured to me to zip up my zipper.
I didn't just want to quit, I wanted to leave Japan! When I got home, I wanted to break down and cry. If I could of done it over, I wouldn't of taken myself so seriously. Instead of focusing on teaching English, I would focus on having fun and getting to know the students. |
That was the most inspiring story I have ever Heard! WOW! I mean it almost sounds unreal but yeah why would you lie about something like this! I appreciate your story and input on your first day of teaching.
I get super super nervous when I see a girl who I know is interested in me I HATE that  I'll have to get over that soon enough but yeah i will be very nervous and when i get nervous i get teary eyed but i should be ok. i talked with my japanese friend in halifax about teachers on their first day in NOVA and he said that the teachers are SOOOOOOO nervous and they don't understand what they the teacher is saying. But he also said that they improve ALOT once the ball gets rolling.
Thankyou for your story and thanks for giving me the power to be ok my first day. |
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Big John Stud
Joined: 07 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:37 am Post subject: Re: Did you Feel Nervous Teaching on you first day in Japan |
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No worries johncanada24,
Just take my advice and one other post. The first day don't worry about teaching like I did! Just focus on getting to know the students, and like the other post advice if possible bring as much materials about yourself as possible. Now days my first day, I show pictures of my home town and talk about my past. I then let them ask questions. After, I have them introduce themselves. Depending on their levels I have them tell me something about themselves like what is their favorite sport, food, and so on.
After so many years of teaching, I never get nervous!
Also be careful if teaching very young children. They do like to ram their index fingers into a teacher's bottom. I believe they get it from a actor, who I believe should be shot. They think it is funny! The more they like you the more likely they will try to do it. The action is so common, there is even a name for it!
Anyway good luck! |
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ndorfn
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 126
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| I felt a bit nervous, but let's face it, it's like when you first learn to drive a car - you know it can't be that hard and if some of the idiots you see doing it have managed, you will be able to as well. |
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alexrocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2006
Posts: 75
Location: Kyoto, Japan
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| John, your story is awesome. |
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