I’m really grateful that today is over and that I get to sleep in tomorrow. My classes really didn’t go that well today. I know they will get better, I just have to be patient and give it time. My first one on one this morning was painful at times. I hadn’t really prepared well enough and thought that what I’d planned to do would take longer than it did. He had to leave early which was great. I have no idea what I would have done with another 1/2 hour to fill.

My other one on one went better this evening. He was very talkative and I spent most of the lesson having him tell me all about his work and what he does. He’s at a lower level, but very motivated to learn and improve his English so I think it’ll go well.

My final class this evening was rough. I had a few things prepared which we did right away, but after that it was mostly ‘do this exercise out of the book now.’ The students got really bored and then class just seemed to drag on. We also didn’t cover nearly as much as I’d hoped we would cover. There were 2 students who hadn’t been to class yet. I know that as the students get to know me the class will start going better. I would also be best off preparing more activities for class and thinking it through more. Since I don’t have much of a break between classes in the evening I didn’t have time to really review my lesson plan which also would have helped.

I’m planning to go into work in the afternoon tomorrow. I am going to observe a couple classes in the evening and also meet with one of the other teachers who will walk me through some planning type things. I’m really grateful to be getting some extra help from him. I’ll also spend some time looking at lessons for Thursday. I’m not excited about repeating today on Thursday. It really felt like all I did today was spend time at the school or commuting back and forth from the school. And really, that’s basically all I did. I came home and took a super long nap after my morning class which didn’t help that feeling. I have my doubts about teaching and this position, but I really think that if I stick it out it’ll get better. I’ve got fewer hours right now so I’ll be able to put some more time into lesson planning. I also don’t have anything scheduled for Friday so I’ll be able to maybe not go in on that day at all. That’s what I’m hoping, anyway.