So I just went to my first real class. I'm still a little high off of nervous energy, but I think it went pretty well overall. The students were late to the class room from their home room for some reason so my co-teacher and I were a little confused for a bit. Fortunately they showed up after five minutes. Unfortunately my co-teacher was missing the remote to turn on the projector so I couldn't use the introductory powerpoint I had made. I was kind of at a loss for a second and then just decided to wing it. I kind of went through the powerpoint in my head, introducing myself and lecturing for a little bit. I then tried to play two truths and a lie with the students. This went preeeetty well. Apparently this was the highest level class for English and there were definitely a few students who understood everything I said. There were a bunch of boys though who had a very hard time understanding the concept of two truths and a lie. After the students guessed which of the three things about myself was a lie, I had them come up with their own two truths and a lie and then play with a partner. Some of the students had a hard time coming up with stuff about themselves but they all managed after a little help. Apparently there is some event at the end of the day so the class was only 30 minutes, something I found out when the bell rang during the end portion of my lesson, but I guess I'll have them play the game as a class next time.
Gianni's First Day Teaching
Because of the event I ended up having to teach two more classes in a row before lunch. The first one was a grade 3 class, the same as my first, although the class was a much lower level. Fortunately the powerpoint worked this time and I was able to spend more time on introducing myself by using pictures of myself. My co-teacher just kind of chilled and translated when the kids didn't seem to understand what I was saying. She seems like a nice little Korean lady. My third class of the day was a grade 1 class that was very low level. They were cute and sweet kids but I kind of didn't realize their level when I first started and I think my powerpoint was better suited to the grade 3s. I was teaching with the head English teacher, who showed up a little late to class because of the weird schedule. It didn't seem like all the kids were there and I felt awkward just standing and waiting so I tried to start a name game thing going. All the kids just stared at me for 30 seconds until the head teacher showed up. Apparently this is a very small class and very low level because she basically just translated everything I said to the students. I did try to just speak in English to them without her translating, and while a few did seem to get the gist of what I was saying, the rest just stared blankly and spoke in Korean. My last class of the day was moved to another day because of the event so my co-teacher and I went to Daegu Bank to set up an account for me. Everything worked out and I got an account, but they wouldn't give me a bank card until I had my physical Alien Registration Certificate. My co-teacher and i both kept telling them that we had an official receipt with my number on it but they wouldn't accept it. I have to go back once I have my ARC card to get a bank card. In the meantime I have a bank book that works at ATMs. After going to the bank my co-teacher and I had to come back to school and desk warm until the end of the day. I left at 4:30, having done some descent work on a few powerpoints, and headed home to meet my landlord and get my hot water fixed. Unfortunately the guy who came, definitely someone who works for my landlord and not actually him, and turned on the gas saying that it was slow and I had to wait for the hot water to come on. I tried to tell him that I had done that but he mimed that he didn't speak any English. I waited for over and hour and my hot water still didn't work. I even ran the water for like 10 minutes and still nothing. Feeling dejected I went over to Abbi's and got take out with her. We watched Big Brother, while eating spicy Udon soup, Mandu(dumplings), and Kimbap. It was a nice relaxing meal at the end of a hectic day.
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