So, I’ve been meeting up with a conversation partner and I told her about the controversial law in Arizona that says that if a police officer suspects you are an illegal immigrant, he can ask to see your papers. She thought this was not unusual at all. Around here, if a police officer asks for […]
So, I’m not very busy at my school right now. Two of the teachers are out of town this week, and some of them just don’t need me. One I emailed and never heard back from him. I’m supposed to be doing something for 13 hours a week. This week, I will do about 7 […]
We went to the gym today. It was nice and it put me in a good mood. Since my schedule isn’t very hectic, I can see us spending a lot of time there. I have a goal of being able to do a pull-up. If I do get strong enough to do a one, […]
Here I am showing you a Children’s Surprise Egg.
Today (Wednesday) was a busy day. I went to three classes today that I’m likely to be quite involved in going forward. The first one is a small course for elementary school teachers. I wrote about it before. The focus is on not only improving the students’ English, but also on giving them ideas for […]
So far, it’s been a good day. First we went to a barber shop that’s about a block away. They don’t take walk-ins, so I set up an appointment for Will on Thursday at 9:00. I’ll be able to go with him to describe how he would like his hair to be cut and answer […]
Today, we stopped by the human resources department of the school to drop off confirmation that I attended the training last week. On the certificate, they spelled my name “Vorhees.” I asked the man if it was a problem that it was spelled wrong. He said not to worry; no one will notice because no […]
Just got back from the first class. It went well; the students were friendly and not unwilling to speak. My presentation went over pretty well. One interesting thing is that because this is a teacher-training college, the English courses focus not just on improving the English of the teachers in training but also on teaching […]
Today, I had a meeting with the teacher of the first class I will meet. I am doing a short PowerPoint presentation for them tomorrow morning. Then, the students will introduce themselves and talk about what experiences they’ve had teaching English, while I take note of any pronunciation weirdnesses I hear. If something is […]