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My classes went well, some of them were a bit rowdy but nothing I couldn't cope with. I really enjoyed teaching my year ones as they were learning "stand up", "sit down", "make a circle" and "make a line". So I got them up to the front in teams of eight and called out...
I found out the next day that Harry had found himself locked out, because he wasn’t home in time again… After I’d fallen asleep he’d managed to get home by jumping the gate, and one of the guards ran out in his underwear shouting at him, and he held his hands up...
I have no idea how I forgot to mention this, but last night Harry and I got locked in the school! It is a semi-circular shape, with buildings split into three sections, and each section has five levels. Our rooms are the far side of the third section, on the fourth...
Harry was still refusing to teach classes because he said he learnt more from watching me, which is maybe a good job, because they were a little over excited and kept lifting up my skirt and smacking my bum! He taught the last two classes successfully, except he got...
Nearly everyone who has taught English in Vietnam raves about how great it is. And that’s for very good reason, it's a teacher's paradise. There are countless benefits of teaching in Vietnam, and each teacher’s experiences are unique, but here are some things...
First things first, stop giving yourself a hard time. It is completely natural to have nerves. Unfortunately for most teachers, those first-class nerves never really go away. You do however, learn how to deal with them. The more you plan before a lesson,...
Harry (my friend from home) got the job, which was a relief as he had just flown half way across the world to be here! He was asked a few questions and then told about his role, so as I suspected, he already had the job. However, it was not plain sailing. My...
On Monday morning I was pleased to see that the one student I was meant to be teaching today was actually two because it’s always more fun with two as you can build more chemistry/ a better relationship, do more interesting tasks and play better games. Also,...
Well… I went for drinks last night and one drink quickly turned into many because one of my colleagues is definitely an alcoholic and was ordering beers for everyone every five minutes! The civilised conversation soon progressed to a huge argument over the American...
I was late today because my xe om driver ran out of petrol on the main road, so abandoned me on the side of the street, pushed his bike across the highway into the oncoming traffic, filled up is tank and rode back to collect me! I started teaching at 8.40am but...
I am really enjoying the time off to relax!! With such a small amount of hours the small children aren’t too bad either… I also found out I am teaching one to one on Monday for two or three hours which is going to be insanely boring and I have no idea what they level...
When I arrived the teacher was putting inches of make up on all the female kids (they are BIG on make up and costumes here) and I was just watching her thinking that I hadn’t worn make up until I was 17 and even then I’d never worn as much as these kids were wearing...
I have been meaning to research Humanism for a while now, since my friend Sophie told me she is a Humanist. I found that the basic principles of Humanism are that 1) there is no God 2) We have one life and so we need to live it 3) When you die there’s no after life,...
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