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These little rugrats may look sweet and innocent but trust me they are far from it. I’m just kidding, I love my students but they do give me a headache daily. The top photo is my homeroom class, Seattle (each class is named after a U.S. city), where I spend the majority of my day. They are four-years-old and come to English school from 10 am until 2 pm Monday through Friday. I would say I am teaching them the same material you would teach a 2nd grader in the United States. They are so smart and I love seeing them increase their knowledge of English. I don’t, however, love seeing them all pick their noses all day. The week before I came to teach at the Welton School my class learned what a “magnet” was. I don’t think they took too much interest in the concept of magnetics, but they do find it hilarious to call me “Magnet Teacher” instead of “Megan Teacher”. One of the other teachers at our school is Ryan and the kids always call him “Lion Teacher”. However, I don’t think that one is intentional (damn those “R’s” and “L’s”). Imagine trying to teach a four-year-old Korean kid the vocabulary word “ruler”. That was one of the moments when I hated my job. For the most part I love it though!

My morning kids have five 40-minute classes a day. These classes vary from Phonics, Conversation, Reading, Math, Science, Cooking, Computers, Arts and Crafts, and P.E.(which is a favorite of most). We get to “enjoy” Snack Time and Lunch Time with the kids. Our school has a chef whose name is “Chef” (that is what I was told when I asked what his name was), who prepares all of our meals. One popular snack amongst the kids is white bread with mayo and jelly (I think I might be able to suggest something that would go a little better with that bread and jelly). My kids love that I refuse to eat the snacks because it’s just one more for them. Lunch is usually equally appetizing.  After our morning classes we have a “Teacher’s Prep” time for an hour. After our hour break we have a different set of students that come in the afternoon. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays we have four afternoon classes and Tuesdays and Thursdays we have two.

My favorite class of the day is my Tuesday/Thursday “Tiny Talk” class. This class has two students (the two pictured on the right) Kate and Evan (previously Leo, I guess he changed his English name this week). Kate and Evan are 3 year olds who started at the Welton School the same time I did (a week and a half ago) and who spoke no English. Evan actually cried on the first day of school because I was the first foreigner he had ever seen! Now he loves me though and I get hugs every time he sees me. Jay and I both teach Kate and Evan during the day. So far I have taught them “Hello, Goodbye, Please, Thank you”, colors, numbers, etc. Jay has been teaching them their ABC’s and desperately been trying to get them to say “Hip Hop Anonymous”. I think he should have been satisfied when they said “apple” and not pushed it.

Overall, I enjoy teaching and still want to have children someday.

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I added a picture page of our students so check it out!

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