Monday, July 6, 2009

just cause

there’s nothing really much going on lately – seems to be a perpetual state for me! – but here’s a post just cause i can..

i discovered last friday that that day was definitely my last day at the school as they dont have ALTs in the 2nd and 3rd term, when all the while i was under the impression that even though everyone was behaving as if it were really my last day, i’d most likely be back there next term too.

it was a good thing that i had prepared a small souvenir from singapore (merlion keychains, what else?) for the vice principal and my JTE.. i honestly had no clue that this school would only be for term 1, as the teachers in my other 2 schools all hope that i’ll be there again next term.

i’m quite glad that i wont be teaching at that school next semester actually. it’s not that it’s a bad school or anything of that sort. the situation is rather pleasant enough, just that things are rather boring and most of the time i serve as a human tape recorder reading out conversation, new words and new phrases and having the students repeat after me.

what’s more, the teacher also uses the actual tape recording, which happens to be the most awful recording ever. i have no idea who they got to record, but they sound extremely unnatural and exaggerated, and have the most annoying voices ever. even some of the students find the voices very odd and make fun of them!

i’ve been teaching quite a lot of junior high this term, and i’ve been finding it rather boring mainly cos of the nature of english at this level.. i’ve expressed my interest to teach at an english-intensive school, and while chances are low due to me being liason, at least with the fact that i wont be at this school next term, the possibility is a bit higher i hope?

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