You are such a passionate teacher! I hope you don’t ever loose that fire in your belly. We need more teachers like you! So thoughtful and clearly making an impact on these young adults
I cannot believe what long school days these kids have! It sounds more like a prison of sorts! Do they get long breaks and to play sport ?
It’s good that you teach a subject where you can get creative with them in your delivery and make it interactive and fun! Humans learn best when playing!
They get a 60 minute lunch period between 11am-noon (its a bit a running joke I have with them when each year, I teach them what "brunch" is).
Each class is 50 minutes long. 3 before lunch (classes officially begin at 08:10) and then the academic day ends at 15:50. There is a 20 minute break until the "self-study" periods begin at 16:10. Dinner is at 17:00. And then, from 18:00 to 21:00 they are in the classrooms studying. The school buses take them home afterwards but many go to additional classes in private cram-schools.
Every year, I tell them that they are, in my eyes, superheroes for being able to do what they do.
It is not uncommon for me to receive questions on google classroom or our class chatrooms at 3 AM while they are studying or preparing for assessments. About two years ago, I started recording all my classes so that students who fall asleep during class (not out of disrespect, but simply because they physically cannot stay awake for an English conversation class) can listen to them later when they have the mental space.
I would rather they get one sort-of-okay sleep cycle than a lecture on proper sentence construction. Sleep is probably more important than subject-verb agreement and the correct use of determiners in the long run.
You’ve truly got such a big heart and thoughtful! Genius recording your classes for them especially as English is their second language. Sleep is so important for the brain to recalibrate and for good memory retention!
I'm sure many of my students would probably disagree with you because, well... as part of my job, I must push them to learn when they really are already quite beaten down. But I do what I can make the yoke easy and the burden light.
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You are such a passionate teacher! I hope you don’t ever loose that fire in your belly. We need more teachers like you! So thoughtful and clearly making an impact on these young adults
I cannot believe what long school days these kids have! It sounds more like a prison of sorts! Do they get long breaks and to play sport ?
It’s good that you teach a subject where you can get creative with them in your delivery and make it interactive and fun! Humans learn best when playing!
They get a 60 minute lunch period between 11am-noon (its a bit a running joke I have with them when each year, I teach them what "brunch" is).
Each class is 50 minutes long. 3 before lunch (classes officially begin at 08:10) and then the academic day ends at 15:50. There is a 20 minute break until the "self-study" periods begin at 16:10. Dinner is at 17:00. And then, from 18:00 to 21:00 they are in the classrooms studying. The school buses take them home afterwards but many go to additional classes in private cram-schools.
Every year, I tell them that they are, in my eyes, superheroes for being able to do what they do.
Wow! That’s intense! So much they seem to be cramming into their brains, I can imagine the pressure they’re under ! They’re superhero brains! Haha
It is not uncommon for me to receive questions on google classroom or our class chatrooms at 3 AM while they are studying or preparing for assessments. About two years ago, I started recording all my classes so that students who fall asleep during class (not out of disrespect, but simply because they physically cannot stay awake for an English conversation class) can listen to them later when they have the mental space.
I would rather they get one sort-of-okay sleep cycle than a lecture on proper sentence construction. Sleep is probably more important than subject-verb agreement and the correct use of determiners in the long run.
You’ve truly got such a big heart and thoughtful! Genius recording your classes for them especially as English is their second language. Sleep is so important for the brain to recalibrate and for good memory retention!
Thank you so much for the kind words.
I'm sure many of my students would probably disagree with you because, well... as part of my job, I must push them to learn when they really are already quite beaten down. But I do what I can make the yoke easy and the burden light.