Confused Teaching

This teaching thing is really not hard, but for me it's kind've frustrating. I have 3 different levels of students and 4 different co-teachers. This means that I need to get used to 4 different personalities in the classroom and figure out the best way to work with them. They are all very nice and helpful but it's hard to get a routine down with that many different people.

We really are here for our pronunciation. I spent half of my last class repeating words with the class. Orphanage - I swear I said this word 20 times, maybe more, and had it repeated back. It's pretty easy though, to realize that you're here to say words slowly.

I still haven't been given a curriculum yet!?!?! I swear I have to pry information out of these people. We're supposed to have an English teachers meeting soon so hopefully that will clear up some of the confusion. I would really just like to know what they expect of me, like any job.

Of course the other option would be to teach at a private Hagwan where they choose your lesson plans and everyone speaks English. I think that this public school experience will help me to become a better teacher and also to adapt to this crazy foreign culture faster. Right now I am editing an application for one of my co-teacher's daughters. She wants to be a camp counselor at an English camp. It's entertaining to read and pull out the pink pen for the errors (I don't have a red one yet). Another co-teacher already invited me to her wedding! That will be a crazy experience. By the way, Koreans love that word, Crazy. She's crazy, he's crazy, you're crazy, etc. . . . . . . .

Crazy out.