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I'm no Picasso



Joined: 28 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:26 pm    Post subject: The first rule of Englishee Camp is.... Reply with quote

... you must show up to Englishee camp.

Little sh*ts. Where are they? I'm cold...
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afsjesse



Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Kickin' it in 'Kato town.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

I'm still laughing at the "Yippy Skippy" comment!!! And now they aren't showig up Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

Enjoy the igloo my friend Laughing
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MikeGrey



Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:00 pm    Post subject: Re: The first rule of Englishee Camp is.... Reply with quote

I'm no Picasso wrote:
... you must show up to Englishee camp.

Little sh*ts. Where are they? I'm cold...


Thanks to the lack of information from my whitey wrangler, class started a good twenty minutes late. Stumbled through introductions and then got through half of my lesson plan.


Oh. And they want to learn about Johnny Depp, and Obama.

And american fashion.


oy vey

Well work output can only equal work input.
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I'm no Picasso



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

afsjesse wrote:
LOL Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

I'm still laughing at the "Yippy Skippy" comment!!! And now they aren't showig up Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

Enjoy the igloo my friend Laughing


Don't worry. They were only late because my coteacher gave them the wrong schedule. After about fifteen minutes of "Mwa?" and mime, we finally figured it out together.

My favorite part of English camp so far is having third graders in a class with first graders (middle school). If those sixteen year olds weren't thrilled about English camp before, they're really gunning to go after realizing most of the ciriculum will involve colored pencils and comic books.

God. I hate that I have to be the one to inflict this on them. I used to be cool....

Still, the English comic books have got me in most of the students' good graces. There's hope yet.
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I'm no Picasso



Joined: 28 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:40 pm    Post subject: Re: The first rule of Englishee Camp is.... Reply with quote

MikeGrey wrote:
I'm no Picasso wrote:
... you must show up to Englishee camp.

Little sh*ts. Where are they? I'm cold...


Thanks to the lack of information from my whitey wrangler, class started a good twenty minutes late. Stumbled through introductions and then got through half of my lesson plan.


Oh. And they want to learn about Johnny Depp, and Obama.

And american fashion.


oy vey

Well work output can only equal work input.


American fashion. Because you're definitely qualified to be teaching that.

Hoho.

At least yours can tell you what they want to study. Or understand you when you ask them what they want to study. I had to spend five minutes explaining what an "example" is.

This is a joke, isn't it? People are paying for this?
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MikeGrey



Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:00 am    Post subject: Re: The first rule of Englishee Camp is.... Reply with quote

I'm no Picasso wrote:
MikeGrey wrote:
I'm no Picasso wrote:
... you must show up to Englishee camp.

Little sh*ts. Where are they? I'm cold...


Thanks to the lack of information from my whitey wrangler, class started a good twenty minutes late. Stumbled through introductions and then got through half of my lesson plan.


Oh. And they want to learn about Johnny Depp, and Obama.

And american fashion.


oy vey

Well work output can only equal work input.


American fashion. Because you're definitely qualified to be teaching that.

Hoho.

At least yours can tell you what they want to study. Or understand you when you ask them what they want to study. I had to spend five minutes explaining what an "example" is.

This is a joke, isn't it? People are paying for this?



I'm pretty sure my teachers class hated me. "So how do you teach your students then." F-ing c*nt.

I started working on a short story in class though, so at least I got something out of the time.
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marlow



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:04 am    Post subject: Re: The first rule of Englishee Camp is.... Reply with quote

MikeGrey wrote:
I'm pretty sure my teachers class hated me. "So how do you teach your students then." F-ing c*nt.


Why do they need to know how you teach? Aren't you just an assistant? They're the ones that should be giving us all the good ideas. If they can't speak English AND they don't know how to teach, they've got some serious problems.
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MikeGrey



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:08 am    Post subject: Re: The first rule of Englishee Camp is.... Reply with quote

marlow wrote:
MikeGrey wrote:
I'm pretty sure my teachers class hated me. "So how do you teach your students then." F-ing c*nt.


Why do they need to know how you teach? Aren't you just an assistant? They're the ones that should be giving us all the good ideas. If they can't speak English AND they don't know how to teach, they've got some serious problems.



Because the weren't happy with the lesson plan MOE dropped on my lap at the last minute and said teach this to the teachers. I also suggested looking up the meaning of words instead of guessing. it takes longer but you might learn something.

And I wonder why the korean education system is how it is. Christ.

I'd hate to be in her class. English Zone is English John in her mind. I should really start telling them that john is slang for bathroom.
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MikeGrey



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know. Things were going okay until this camp nonsense came up.
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I'm no Picasso



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:27 am    Post subject: Re: The first rule of Englishee Camp is.... Reply with quote

marlow wrote:
MikeGrey wrote:
I'm pretty sure my teachers class hated me. "So how do you teach your students then." F-ing c*nt.


Why do they need to know how you teach? Aren't you just an assistant? They're the ones that should be giving us all the good ideas. If they can't speak English AND they don't know how to teach, they've got some serious problems.


F-ing c*nt is right. Jesus.

Also, Marlow. Best post I've seen here yet.

Mike, you should take in the quote from Mr. Lee and show it to her, and tell her the big man says we don't need to know how to teach.

Maybe they should confront their other fellow Korean "co" teachers about telling us we had to teach a class for them at the absolute last minute, while we were already busy planning student camps. And then giving us the stupidest outline ever to work with.
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MikeGrey



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:33 am    Post subject: Re: The first rule of Englishee Camp is.... Reply with quote

I'm no Picasso wrote:
marlow wrote:
MikeGrey wrote:
I'm pretty sure my teachers class hated me. "So how do you teach your students then." F-ing c*nt.


Why do they need to know how you teach? Aren't you just an assistant? They're the ones that should be giving us all the good ideas. If they can't speak English AND they don't know how to teach, they've got some serious problems.


F-ing c*nt is right. Jesus.

Also, Marlow. Best post I've seen here yet.

Mike, you should take in the quote from Mr. Lee and show it to her, and tell her the big man says we don't need to know how to teach.

Maybe they should confront their other fellow Korean "co" teachers about telling us we had to teach a class for them at the absolute last minute, while we were already busy planning student camps. And then giving us the stupidest outline ever to work with.


Maybe I can teach my kids how to smoke. Its beelzebozo time!

I'm showing movies the next time an exercise bombs. Should I care about this anymore?
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Cerriowen



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had a great first day of camp too...

1) Co-teacher was 45 minutes late to work

2) Co-teacher failed not only to prepare the requested materials, but didn't even prepare the paperwork to request the funds to buy the requested materials (a list of which I gave her almost 2 weeks ago)... *giggle giggle* oops! she forgotted.

3) No one knew what time it was supposed to start, or how long classes should run

4) The heater was broken

5) They lost the key to the gym (which had the few props we were going to use for the game as well)

6) Half the kids who were supposed to come didn't, and other random children came who weren't supposed to.
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MikeGrey



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cerriowen wrote:
I had a great first day of camp too...

1) Co-teacher was 45 minutes late to work

2) Co-teacher failed not only to prepare the requested materials, but didn't even prepare the paperwork to request the funds to buy the requested materials (a list of which I gave her almost 2 weeks ago)... *giggle giggle* oops! she forgotted.

3) No one knew what time it was supposed to start, or how long classes should run

4) The heater was broken

5) They lost the key to the gym (which had the few props we were going to use for the game as well)

6) Half the kids who were supposed to come didn't, and other random children came who weren't supposed to.


I almost prefer desk warming to this....
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And in the interest of fairness my coteacher told me that I looked "so nice" today.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cerriowen wrote:
I had a great first day of camp too...

1) Co-teacher was 45 minutes late to work

2) Co-teacher failed not only to prepare the requested materials, but didn't even prepare the paperwork to request the funds to buy the requested materials (a list of which I gave her almost 2 weeks ago)... *giggle giggle* oops! she forgotted.

3) No one knew what time it was supposed to start, or how long classes should run

4) The heater was broken

5) They lost the key to the gym (which had the few props we were going to use for the game as well)

6) Half the kids who were supposed to come didn't, and other random children came who weren't supposed to.



Shocked You've got a co-teacher for camp? Lucky bastard....

Well. Kind of, I guess.

Same-uh same-uh with the kids not showing/randoms wandering in.

It's going to be a long two weeks, kiddos.
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