Time for another rant……..!!

After a well earned break (two whole days) from Kindergarten I went into school today with the knowledge that I had to prepare them for the ‘perpormance’ and that this would involve making them memorise story books they were already board of. Already a difficult enough task without me then being informed that the classes had been split into pairs and each pair had to memorise a DIFFERENT book.

I’m sure the Korean teachers are aware that there is only one of me. But someone how they still expect me to teach, in the case of blue class, three different books at the same time. To adults, not a problem, to kids who can read, still not a problem. But these kids can’t even read. So the only option is to go over and over the book until they know it inside out. But that presents me with the next problem: how the hell am I supposed to keep those who aren’t doing a particular book interested in something they know they don’t need to learn. Answers on a post card!

After finishing my first class my temper was already frayed from spending 40 minutes going from pair to pair trying to read with them whilst the other six members of the class ran riot because they didn’t have anything to do!! I then waited around for my next class to start before on of the students from Pink class came to me and said “Jenna teacher, here” and pointed towards his classroom. “I have yellow class now” I told him confidently. At which Kang decided to tell me: “No, timetable change, you Pink class now.” Well it was nice of someone other than a six year old kid to inform me.

By the time I got to my last class of the morning I was seething and dreading the next month of preparing for this stupid ‘pepormance’. But my mood only became blacker when I was given the below by Ji and told to teach it to a class of four year olds who, at the best of times, don’t have a clue what I am trying to tell them.

This was just too good not to blog! I promise the script I was given was exactly as I have written below.

Peter Pan

Wendy: Irene
Peter: Brian
John, Hook: Eric
Tinker Bell, Rose: Jinny

PART 1
Wendy: Hello. I’m Wendy.
John: Hello. I’m John and Hook.
Peter: Hello. I’m Peter.
Tinker Bell: Hello. I’m Tinker Bell and Rose.
ALL: Hello. Wendy, Hello. John, Hook, Hello. Peter, Hello. Tinkerbell, Rose.
ALL Hey! Hey! Hey! Come on out.
John: Who?
Wendy: Who are you?
Peter: I’m Peter.
Tinker Bell: I’m Tinker Bell.
ALL: Say! Say! Say Peter.
Peter: I’m here for my shadow.
Tinker Bell: Yahoo, your shadow?
Wendy: That’s your shadow.
John: Looks weird.
ALL: What shape? What shape? What shape is it?
Tinker Bell: It’s an oval.
Peter: Help me, Wendy.
ALL: Think! Think! Think! Wendy.
Wendy: Ah! I need a glue. I’m going up.
ALL: up! up! up!.
Wendy: I’m going down.
ALL: down! down! down!

PART 2
Rose: Captain Hook is after us.
Peter: Go home, I’ll take Rose home.
ALL: Be careful, be careful, just be careful.
Hook: Look for Tinker Bell.
ALL: Not here, not there. nor here, not there. poor Tinker Bell. poor poor Tinker Bell!
Hook: Where is Peter?
Tinker Bell: ouh! ouh! my arms.
Hook: Where is Peter?
Tinker Bell: ouh! ouh! my legs.

PART 3
Peter: Tinker bell ~
Tinker Bell: I’m ready.
ALL: Look everybody! Look everybody! We’re going home.
John: Bye-bye my friends.
Wendy: Good bye.
John, Wendy: Good bye, Never Land.

If anyone can tell me what this is about please email me cause I am still trying to figure it out!

Can you believe I actually had to spend 40 minutes teaching this complete rubbish. And to top it all off only two of the four students were present making it even harder! Sometimes I wonder why I bother with this job!

* Posted by j150vsc on 08/01/2007.
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