Oh lovely- Tuesdays.
The kids are getting more persistent about Halloween.
Actually on Monday it had started- a few kids had costume pieces and they were
running around class like madmen trying to scare each other and myself until I
told them to put them all away.
Back to Tuesday: we headed over about nine so we could plan
our early lesson of the day.
They were still a bit crazy, my bad class from yesterday.
But the costumes were put away- and they were fiercely motivated for a DVD with
candy. Still, it almost didn’t happen. I definitely encouraged them to behave,
though. Things almost fell apart when I caught three different groups fighting
though, and I just rounded it to two points, those lucky kids. I ended up
passing out corn candy which a few didn’t really want but it’s all I had so
then they took it, and then I had kids try to get more, but that wasn’t
happening either. Still, they enjoyed
what they got, and I ran out before they could attack me for more.
We then headed to lunch, and then back to our offices to
chill out. Katie even stayed the whole
time, having nothing much to do at home either. But I passed along a few movies
that I had snatched, like the Lone Ranger, so she watched that for a good bit.
I was tired by then,
just by the idea of teaching four classes two days in a row- I don’t
know how real teachers do it, I really don’t. I mean, if my kids behaved and
listened better, then it would be fine, but we have to put in so much effort
making sure blood doesn’t spill and they learn a little something… Anyways, I
eventually got a thing or two figured out- mostly review and then Pictionary
review afterwards, until I let them watch a movie clip.
And that’s how my next two classes went. The older kids,
Grade 5, I had to calm them by promising to do Halloween fun in our next lesson
which is unfortunately the day after Halloween, but that’s okay. If the class
is very good, then two pieces of candy with a piece of a movie and games.
Otherwise, just one candy. Or maybe none! We’ll see how the day goes. But I already
was planning on giving them two… well, I can always enjoy a good bit if they
don’t behave. We’ll see!
But yeah, my two older classes went fairly well, and finally
I was out of there and put a few things down before heading back to teach my
final Grade 3 Class 3. I was going to do some Halloween fun but they always
have their books out and stuff so we ended up opening those books and turning
to a page to write in for a bit. That overall didn’t work very well. They were
all a little crazy, unfortunately…
Except somehow they were good enough for a DVD those
stinkers! So at the end, that’s what they got. However dinner time was about to
begin and the teacher came through so they missed the final minute or two, I
think. Again, worried about the teachers… but hey, they were willing to stay to
finish the movie for another minute. And for Grade 4, I always start late
because the teacher doesn’t leave until I’m supposed to start and all the kids
have to pee.
Oh well… we had two of my Grade 5 girls all over us, Katie
and I, and so we walked with them to the ‘canteen’ to eat. That wasn’t too
eventful overall so we ate a little bit and headed back to our offices to
fiddle around for a bit. Activity time wasn’t about to happen because once
again, it had rained all day. Then a ton of kids were coming through, playing
with Abby and her fake spider, asking for candy, and trying to talk to us. One
of my girls tried talking about California with me and tried to get me to spell
it in Chinese Characters… that really didn’t go too well! Haha. I thought it
was fine, but hey I’m just an American- it’s a lot trickier than it looks. You
have to do every line in a certain shape and order, it’s crazy. Eventually she
left for class because I wasn’t getting any better, though, haha…
We grabbed ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ and ended up watching that
when we got home. We had bought this pecan cookies and enjoyed those during the
movie, along with these weird flavored tomato sticks that tasted like tomato
soup going bad… it was interesting though! And we had our hot drinks and I
tried to make Katie eat a ton of cough drops. We brought a good few and she
really needs to get rid of that terrible cough.
After the movie, we hung out in the dark, watched the rain,
and talked for a bit before finally heading off to the bed, exhausted.
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