Finally Teaching!

Teaching has finally come, and now, a week into it, we are in full swing. Both of us have had a least one full week now. There were a few ups and downs as we started, but after a few days, you begin to figure out what works and what doesn't. Vicky found out the first day that bringing candy into the class that is not individually wrapped is one of the things that doesn't work, or should i say isn't accepted by the school... but live and learn, she's moved on from that experience and has found new ways getting the kids attention. One thing both of us got to experience recently was the difference between academic schools and non-academic schools. Both of our regular schools(meaning we are there four days a week) are academic, meaning after all the jr. high students in the area take their tests, the smarter ones are sent to our high schools, and these kids are almost surely bound for college after high school. The other high schools get the other kids. Once a week I visit a non-academic high school, and Vicky does the same. We quickly found out that the kids at these high schools don't give a **** about English or hearing what we have to say...lol But like all experiences, we learn from it, and what we learned at these schools is more GAMES!!! This may be the only way to get anything done at these schools. Well anyways, today is Tuesday, and i have the day off, and I had yesterday off because i worked all weekend, so I better get back to my busy day of sleeping and doing nothing. hope to hear from you all soon.
scott