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June 26, 2005
I'm Officially a Teacher
I'm officially an English teacher! Saturday was our last training class for the month. We were given our assigned Learners at the end of the morning on Saturday. Everyone was so excited. Three of the girls, Teriann, Deresa, and Maureen received learners from China. Kathy has a girl from Vietnam, and Ann has a women from South Korea. My assigned learner is from....(surpriseee!!) TURKEY! We all called our learners from the LVA but I was the only one who got through. Esra wanted to meet today, so everyone was SOO excited, especially since it was so soon for me. Near the end of class, we were doing a lesson planning exercise in the library, and a women arrived at the center. Turns out it was Ann's student who knew that Ann had called! We were all eavesdropping, and when the student left, we all started Cheering for Ann! She said she was so nervous! Anyway, they have their date all set up for next week. We are waiting to hear about everyone else via our e-mail list once they set up the dates and have their first experiences.
So, this morning I went to meet with my learner. She's very friendly, and I think we got along very well. We talked for about an hour since I didn't have a lesson planned. She has two very huge upcoming events in the next two weeks, so we will have much to discuss in our first official lesson. I am excited to have another meeting but we can only meet on Sundays, due to her schedule, and I am going on vacation for the next two weekends. It's probably better off though, so I will have an opportunity to see Maureen, and hear about everyone else's experiences and their tips as well. Then I will have a better opportunity to really plan my lesson for our first lesson. I did break down once and use one Turkish word...(We are not supposed to speak with them in their native language, and I didn't tell the director that I have been taking Turkish lessons for three years, just so she wouldn't be tempted to NOT give me a turkish learner!)...but I broke down and said: "caydanlik" during our chat, and Esra was sooo excited! Her face lit up and she said! WOW!! You know the turkish word!!! Anyway, I in turn am completely impressed with her.
Anyway, it's been a very busy weekend. Saturday after training, I ran right home to find Seymen, Maki, and Johnny waiting for me. We were really late for my step-brother Brennie's graduation party. It was a very POSH event, at the Oak Hill Country Club. They supposedly had an Elvis Impersonator since Elvis is Brennie's FAVORITEEEE! Anyway, we are all very proud of him. During the special ceremony for just the BOCES students, Brennie asked the superintendent if he could speak in the microphone. Of course they let him, and he started singing Elvis. :-) During the regular ceremony, they had someone walk across the stage with him, and told him he wasn't allowed to talk on the microphone :-) But he had his opportunity at his party. :-) Other than that, I had too much wine, Seymen had too many gin and tonics. We had to hang out until the END so we could safely drive home.
Today, we just hung out at the pool. Chrissy and I made dinner (a hodge-podge of food that consisted of Weight Watchers Friendly, and NON-weight watchers). Afterwards, we helped Seymen finish waxing his car. Well, Chrissy and both did 1 door (not each, shared it) and then we ditched him, and I think he's still outside doing the hood ;-) But he loves it. He started at 4PM and it's now 8:30. Anyway, I gotta go. It's girls night. We're watching Raising Helen with my mom and Chrissy, since Bill left for Vermont today. We'll see if Seymen sticks around or takes off as soon as we pop it in the DVD player ;-)
Posted by beth at June 26, 2005 08:20 PM