Saturday, August 27, 2005

too tired

first day 100% on my own. 315 min of lessons. went well. maybe not great, but well.

highlights:
to practice disagreeing with opinions did a roleplay with an inventor pitching an idea to a hesitant boss. My student invented a little crab to be the perfect pet... and smell like lavender.

practicing free v flee

getting through 2 solid hours with 4 adults talking about Japanese and American culture. including Japanese weddings, holidays invented by shopping centers--like valentines day, learning that a zipper is prounced 'fastener' in Japanese, hearing from teh Manager that this class would like to go out with me to relax

and now sleeping
tomorrow, more adventures

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hm. What does it mean to get "go out and relax." Sounds like work to me...

Suspicious,
Katie

:)

Anonymous said...

yeah. go out and relax? do they need it or do they think you need it? does it mean a late night bar party while their wives keep dinner warm at home? what the hell is going on here?
love. mum

Anonymous said...

i knew you would just fall into teaching. i think it's great that you think things went well. that's a lot of minutes in one day. and the adults with their friggin long attention spans. congratulations!!!!
love, mum

Anonymous said...

You're there! You're teaching! You're amazing! The lavender scented crab-pet is great. No news from NYC - tourists are still wandering the streets, enjoying their last week of summer. I'm thinking of you & love your blogs!! Take care of yourself and beware of those "relaxing" get-togethers.... xoxo your cousin Elena