Sunday, February 26, 2012

Work, work, work

Sorry I've been slacking on the whole blogging thing.  Things have become quite a bit more busy over here.  I have now been working at my job 6-days a week for three months now.  It has taken up much of my time and focus.  It is quite a bit different from my comfortable 4-days a week that I initially had. 

The past three months I have been teaching some new and old classes.  I have mentioned this before, but I tell you again how the classes are laid out at my job. 

We have the basic classes:  EC3 and EC4
Going on to the most common and largest classes:  Memory Mega, Giga and Tera
Moving to the more advanced classes:  Bridge, Par and Birdie
To the Upper level classes: Eagle, Albatross, Albatross +, iBT TOEFL
Finally to the top class: Masters

This past term, I was blessed with having some amazing classes and amazing students.  I taught Memory Mega and Giga as well as three Birdie classes.  I also taught an extra class called study hall for those students who need a little extra help on various skills.  The classes were great and we were able to talk about many different topics.  Some were very fun, like fast-food and Alexander the great.  However, we did have some topic that were quite difficult for even myself.  I found myself teaching the kids about Iron and the smelting process. 

The three month term has finally finished and I start a new term with very new classes.  My supervisor has surprised me with a schedule that I never thought that I would have.  I am now teaching in almost every different class type that we have.  Here is my schedule:

EC 3 (that's right the tiny kids who can barely speak a lick of English), Par (the only class I taught before), Eagle reading and listening, Albatross Reading and iBT TOEFL (Pretty much a class on how to take a test that I'm sure I would not do well in!)

I hopefully will be taking the time to write another blog soon about my personal life, but I am so focused on work that it may just be a pipe dream.  Maybe my mom or sister will start motivating me to write more (I mention you two as you're probably the only two that read this!)  Until next time!