a description of the amazing and exciting adventures i have here in baltimore--- and other lies.

 
so teaching english has gone really well. after the first week of testing, and switching, i finally have the class i will have for the rest of the semester. they seem pretty eager. the only annoyance, if you can call it that, is that i have an assistant. now, before you go saying things about gift horses and mouths, i just want to say that gabriela is a nice lady, and she wants to teach esol, and that is good. but, i really want free reign in my class, i mean, who doesn't? and, frankly, having a second head is good in some cases, but too many cooks spoil the pot ( a good idiom to give my students, hmmmmmmm?). so, on the one hand it is nice to have someone else there to help with examples, as well as help explain something, but also i don't want the students to get the impression that there are two teachers in the class. i want to be the only one, and i don't think this makes me a jerk if i want to teach my class without feeling like i am being watched for mistakes all the time. maybe the mature thing to do is to talk to my cooridinator and voice my concerns.

ok, enuf whining about my class. the students are great, and the book is good, and i get paid, so what, really is to bitch about? nuthin.
therefore, muse this thought:

some people try to pick up girls, get called an asshole. this did not happen to pablo picasso. why, he could walk down the street, girls could not resist his stare.
subsequently, pablo picasso was never called "asshole."
posted by gregorio at 6:01 PM