Monday, 31/08/2009 was the start of my teaching career at Yeongnam Middle School. The day had a slow start, I didn't have to teach on Monday but was briefed on what was expected of me, I also got to meet the Principal and Vice Principal and say a little welcome speech to all members of staff.
Tuesday, was when all the fun began... when I say fun, I actually mean pain. It felt like an up hill battle; walking up to school was literally an up hill climb which I survived, it was the classes that followed that induced all the pain.
I prepared a powerpoint presentation which to me looked pretty good, unfortuantely it was not enough to keep Middle school boys entertained. I felt awful about it and felt useless as a teacher, so sat up that night and reworked the entire presention. I changed my approach as well. So by Wednesday afternoon I was a step closer to being a pro ^_^
Now its Friday afternoon and I have successfully managed to teach twenty different classes the same lesson. I had some really good classes, some bad and a lot of funny moments. I look forward to the weeks ahead.
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