Saturday classes

I only had to teach 2 students, but that’s a lot of work because they are the highest in the school. Well that’s what the school believes. It was at the special request of the parents. I really wanted to make this class something different and had many ideas going into it on how I could do that. But in the end, I really didn’t get much accomplished in setting up the class. I really didn’t do much teaching today, only just conversation and pretty much whatever they wanted to do.

I wanted to test the waters and to see what they would do if they had the freedom to do what they had wanted to do and to learn what they wanted to learn. In a sense, I let them be in the driver’s seat on where they want their education to go. I have really changed the rules on them and I’m hoping that it will expand their mind to think more out of the box and to be able to learn at a faster rate. I want to be able to offer something to them that they wouldn’t be able to get anywhere else in the world and something that they would cherish and remember for the years to come. I only gave them a test to take that will probe into what they already know about English and to dig a little deeper into their minds so I would be able to get a better understanding of how to teach them and the direction for which I should be going. I think after I get these established, I will be able to chart the course for the approach I will take to teach them the lessons that I want to teach. I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve and I’ll see how things go from here.

I’m really glad that I have the opportunity to be able to teach the things that I want and that I really have all the freedom to do anything. It has allowed me to dream up some interesting plans and lessons. So in the coming weeks, I’ve got to be able to come up with a plan to get something going. I know that she doesn’t like homework, but I’ve got to get her to study out of class. That’s the only way that she’ll really be able to understand what is going on. So I’m working on it.