First Class





Well, I had my first class today, it has been about 1 month since I have taught. My class was filled with fresh faces, not so eager to learn English, and one really nervous Japanese-English teacher. Not me, the other teacher, my kids were infact definately taken back that there were two teachers there together to teach them. They assumed that I was Japanese and were amazed that this Nihon-jin can speak English fluently. Halfway through the class I was still trying to convince them that I was not Japanese. How come no one ever believes me when I tell them I am Canadian.




Anyways, class went well...or as well as my expectations have become of a Japanese High School English class. I see some potential in some of the kids, and I also see some that will need more work and more attention. So my goal this term is to help those shy ones and to convince the not so shy, noisy ones that English is great!
Or more realistically, to survive the next 3 months and not get frustrated and angry, as to tip a desk. That has been known to happen once or twice. Not too proud of it, that my temper got out of control, but had to get their attention some how.



Keep your fingers crossed for me. Here's to hoping for a good last term.

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