Comments on: Lesson “Plans”

By: Rocking in Hakata » Ah, Bureaucracy

Rocking in Hakata » Ah, Bureaucracy — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:39:59 +0000

[...] timing around here. I’m supposed to be ready to go in 5 minutes should a teacher pounce on me lacking any semblance of a lesson plan, but I get to wait 5 months for the paperwork that means I’m still employed. Ha ha ha. Ah, [...]

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:31:43 +0000

I’m always channeling Jack Sparrow. And I’m a better person for it.

By: Deas

Deas — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:52:05 +0000

Chuck, you’re channeling Jack Sparrow a bit…been hitting the rum?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:40:28 +0000

I’ll have to get back to you once my dumbass figures out what a relative adverb is.

This job is doing wonders for teaching me how to think on my feet — id est – LIE.

I don’t get how “please not so many games” and “LETS HAVE FUN WITH THE ALT” coincide at all. If we sit them down and drill them about future passive participles, superlatives and the use of the genitive case — well, that’s really not going to go over too well. Maybe that was just code for: “bend waaay over, let the kids kancho you and we’ll call it a day, savvy?”

By: Deas

Deas — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:17:57 +0000

Kraygk – Ha ha ha ha. I feel your pain. I teach at multiple schools, and some are more likely to hand me nothing than others. I remember moaning about the “anything is ok” line to another ALT. We decided that if someone kept pushing that with zero input we’d draw up a plan for a nude minigolf fundraiser. Why? I figure that wouldn’t be ok. (Especially in your case, since it might be considered a bit too “fun.”)

Clay – Yeah, I took a page out of your book and popped a load of Plan B lessons onto my USB flash drive. The problem is that I run through them SO FAST. Sigh.

By: Claytonian

Claytonian — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:43:41 +0000

This is why I have my standby games.

By: kraygk

kraygk — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:29:11 +0000

Man, at least you get a plan. I often (as in ALWAYS) get…..nothing. So any idea on what to do, “anything is ok”. Anything you want to teach, “anything is ok”. Is there something you don’t want me to do….”not so many games”. WHAT!? I guess thats basically the HAVE FUN WITH ALT lesson plan you get. Except they don’t want fun, having fun means 40 children (as in 16-18 year olds) running around screaming and disturbing other classes. o.0

I really love the I FORGOT TO MAKE A PLAN! Please do something in the next 15 minutes! How do they think we are any better at these last second things as they are?

Digressing I love my school, even when my lessons plans often fail! Ah, my shittiness shouldn’t be blamed on them >.

By: Deas

Deas — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:00:54 +0000

Hey Chris – welcome to the site. I see you’ve got your own English school going now, so I imagine that you’ve buckled down on that issue. Ha ha.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:29:32 +0000

I feel ya!
I was thrown to the wolves a couple times. “Chris, I have a new contract with the H.S. and I would like you to do a demonstration class for 40 students in a half hour…..sorry for the short notice..GAMBATE!!

It was what I imagine the 4th level of hell being like

http://www.waikiki2yanai.blogspot.com.