Boys and Girls

E1-B-- 1st graders. Unfortunately, they were shy with the "oh my god". Still super cute though.





This game consists of them having to say one line of the memorized chant and pass around the pouch that holds a ticking timer They were supposed to do the hand motions (biting an imaginary apple) with the chant, but after a few kids got out they were too concerned with the time to care about doing the motions.

"See the apple.
The apple on the alligator.
See the book.
The book on the bed.
See the cat.
The cat on the cap."

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E2-A-- first graders. We've got the twins, Julie and Sally, who I still can't tell apart as you will see in the video. Then there's Thomas who I have twice in a row, then Gary who's brand new and doesn't know any English (named him after my dad), and Tommy who, although can be cute, is essentially a consistent irritation.



Sally is so, so, SO cute.


This is another chant they had to memorize. Most of the students have a really hard time with "this is" and "it is", as well as differentiating between "a" and "an". But Thomas is a pro. He also has me for two classes back to back so he has an advantage.

"This is a dog. It is my dog. It is on the desk.
This is an an egg. It is my egg. It is on the elephant.
This is a frog. It is my frog. It is on the flag."

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K-A-- Kindergartners.

Shoot me.



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E3-D-- 5th graders? I have no idea how old these kids are. In Korea they might say 11-13, but really that means they're 9-11. They tack on two years. I have yet to find out why.



I'm trying to talk to the kids about their plans for the weekend. I speak to Alan for a minute about his friends birthday, Sue tells me about computer games, etcetera.

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E4-B-- 3rd graders. I think...? They're really cute though and really sweet. Always eager to learn.




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E3-C-- 6th graders, perhaps. They're extremely smart. Sarah, Ray, and Kelly are excellent conversationalists as you will see when Sarah turns the camera on me. She asks me how I'm doing and then apologizes for taking the camera. They all really love fast reading, which I didn't record because it's impossible to understand. They are reading a story called "Igloos, Houses of Ice" and whenever I'm looking for a time filler I just take out my phone and time them to see how long it takes for them to finish. The second video is of Sarah reading the Igloo story at a normal pace.




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E-4 C-- same as E-3D, I believe they are 5th graders or so.


This is Sunny. Every day I ask him how he's doing, and he said "I am... SURPRISED!"

Holy hell. That was a lot of uploading. Who knew blogging could be so exhausting? :)