Thursday, 17 January 2008

A Typical Wednesday Morning

Class 1a, first lesson

Me: Which word on the board starts with K? Wind, sky or kite?

[Zoe continues talking to Piu Ting; Isaac, Florence and Alex start laughing at Kitty; Hei Hei falls off his chair, rest of the children just stare into space]

Me: Anyone? [check time, 5 minutes of lesson left] OK! Alex! Zoe! Who is not listening?! Who would like to sing a song?

[...Silence...]

Me: Aaaaany song you want...

[Zoe carries on talking to Piu Ting, Chili talks to herself, Florence and Isaac are still laughing]

Me: Nope. Ok... then goodbye children.

Children: Goodbyyyyye Miss Jeeeeeeeny

All the while the class teacher just sits there, apparently completely unable to control the class herself. I am definitely never in the mood for this class first thing. Or last thing. Or at any time. Grrr.

1 comment:

Gabby Girl said...

That is pretty much how each and every class of mine was when I was teaching in Fuyang, China. I was never in the mood for those classes either.