3.27.2010

first time teaching classes

Yesterday, I had to teach three classes on a last minute whim because one of our teachers was sick (food poisoning seems to be the culprit!). I was excited to finally teach but also nervous because I had little time to prepare.
For the first class I immediately began calling attendance and didn't notice there weren't enough chairs for all the students. When I finished calling roll and looked up from the attendence sheet, a little girl was standing in the back of the room crying because she had no chair! I dashed to the classroom across the hall to get her a chair, I felt so bad! I made sure she got stickers after class :{
For the second class, all the students were freaking out because one of the boys had a bad nose bleed. There was a small puddle of blood on the floor and blood smeared on some of the desks! I thought to myself "Why on my first day!?" I told the kids to hang on while I got someone to take care of the boy. I cleaned up the lovely bloody mess in the classroom and tried to calm the students down.
The third class was relatively easy. It amazes me how much these students learn in the short time they're studying English. We read a story that had several mistakes in the paragraphs and the kids edited the paragraphs. They all finished their assignment and extra class work like it was cake. Time ran out way too soon so I started a game of hangman. These kids LOVE hangman.

For the most part I loved teaching! Just not when students cry or have nosebleeds... Once I'm better prepared and have my own students, I can imagine it'll be a lot smoother and more enjoyable. I'm looking forward to being "Angela Teacher". =D

1 comment:

  1. at least no one had a seizure! (: I'm glad you had fun on your first day!!

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