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January 2013 in Berkeley |
Today I finished my first TESL class of 2013. I teach 3 weekends, 10 hours on Saturday and Sunday. This month's class was in Berkeley. This was the first time I taught a class in this hotel. I didn't like the room they put us in because it was long and narrow like a bowling alley. I like having the desks in a U shape because I want to teach them the advantages of having their class set up that way.
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Watching Drew teach from the back. |
The people in the hotel were great and treated us nicely.
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Sheila teaching Sam table manners. |
Like every class this one had it's own personality. We had 2 couples that are planning on teaching in other countries together. We had 2 Koreans, like I often have, that were sisters trying to improve their English. There was a girl that is a nurse in Japan and she is looking to open a small school over there. There were two guys in the class and will graduate soon and want to go to the countries they studies about, China and Russia.
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Ken and Liana discussing occupations. |
There was a girl from Mexico that will be going back next month and will combine her Art background with teaching English and open a school. One man was in his 50s and wanted to change his career. One woman was changing her career and going to India to see if she could make a difference in people's lives. One man is a chef and his wife is from Peru so they will move there and he will teach English if he can't get work as a chef. Another girl love to dance, especially Salsa, so she wanted to go teach in Brazil. One woman presently works in a college and enjoys that environment so she wants to teach in a college overseas. She wants to go to Taiwan with her partner because, as she says, "Taiwan is more queer friendly".
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You can't learn sitting at your desks all the time. |
This was a fun class and they got close quickly. They had fun and that meant I had fun too. I look forward to my next class starting. I have one weekend off and then I start again in San Francisco.
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