I am starting to feel less and less energetic. I didn't go to my Korean lesson today as I had too much to do. I am in the process of spending 4 hours here at the PC room. I think I am going crazy!!
I have almost completed my application to U of M, though it has taken me much longer than I had hoped. It is a little difficult when you don't have your own computer, or a computer where the pull down menus are in a language you can understand. I need to review the application before I submit it, but I can't do that on this particular computer, so I have to wait until tomorrow.
All that is left to do now is a couple of supplemental forms, transcripts, and references. I hope I can get all of those before the deadline, though with the mail system, I am not sure.
Well, I had to leave before I could finish my posting, so it is now the following evening and I am listening to the next lecture in my online Jr. TESOL course. It is quite interesting and, I hope, quite useful. If it is not useful, I have delayed my ability to get a computer for nothing. Of course come March I am going to get my new Kindergarden students. I had to name them today, without the benefit of having met them. I guess parents do this all the time, but I have a hard time with it.
These students are said to be 6 years old, which means they are 5 and, if their birthday has not come yet this year, 4. This means that they are in Pioget's pre-operational stage I have no idea how to teach children this young. Hopefully I will get some ideas from the program that my director will allow me to use. I am not sure how much freedom I am going to have as the director has to please the parents if the children are going to stay, and the parents do not always understand what "the experts" say is best.
For example, I have been taught that it is better to delay the teaching of things such as the alphabet and phonics in a second language until after they have been learned in the first (basically after the age I will be teaching) however, I have been told that I am going to have to teach a larger amount of phonics than was previously taught. I wonder if I can get away with doing something different? Somehow I doubt it.
My classes have been going rather rough lately, and I feel as if my health is deteriorating. I still haven't been able to get to the doctors, but I am begining to think it is becomming more and more necessary. I just recently tried to make kimbap I think it was the worst failure of my life. At least it was edible. I am going to try my luck with some more recipts here soon I'll let you know how they go.
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