So this is how you get more solo classes as an ALT. First, you have to write a blog post about your first solo class. Then you need to have your work computer completely freeze while a JTE is nearby. Then, when the JTE comes over to talk to you, she must read the post. Anyway, I had two more solo classes today. They were with the ni nen seis (who are basically two perfect classes), so everything went ok. Its so weird how I basically have to yell at the ichis, with Adachi also saying what I assume is something similar in Japanese, and they just keep talking, but with the nis all I have to say is “ok, listen” and everyone is silent. Tomorrow I have the whole Special Needs class, unsupervised as the teachers will all be taking part in some giant card game (at least that is my understanding of the situation). The bar isn’t set too high though, as my only instructions are “teach them something for 20-30min”.
January 24, 2008 at 11:20 pm |
maybe when the ichis turns into nis in a couple months they’ll go through some transformative process.
and how come that class is called special needs and not something in japanese?
January 25, 2008 at 7:28 am |
on the schedule it is written in kanji, so it does have a japanese name, but no one has ever told me what it is
January 26, 2008 at 6:54 am |
If you had bought a mac like I suggested you would not have this problem.
January 26, 2008 at 11:30 am |
it was my work computer