Observations

So as I may have mentioned before, you get one or two observations days to observe your class before they chuck you into a room full of children. I got one, to be honest I've never taught children in my life so it really wasn't enough. I have no idea what I am doing in the class-room. What my children know, or how I'm supposed to be teaching them. The most exposure to children of this age was when my younger brother was five, six years ago. Therefore I decided the best way to pick up on all this stuff, and get the classroom management into full swing, would be to observe some other classes. I figure the sooner I get the class under control and understand what I'm doing, the sooner my job will get easier.

But to do this I'm really using up my own free time the go watch my co-workers teach, and I have less lesson planning time of my own. The way things are now I'm really at my branch for about eight hours every day when I'm only being paid for four.

I really hate it, but it's just the sacrifice that I have to make in order to do my job well, and avoid being fired. What other choice do I really have?

Originally I hoped to stay in Taiwan for two years, but after I arrived at HESS that quickly shrunk to one year, then one month, and now I'm just holding out until my ARC goes through. I'm also quite screwed financially if I quit before my first pay day so I'm going to have to hold out for a while. Maybe three months. Hopefully everything will get easier soon so that I won't been feeling so lost and hopeless everyday.