CELTA day 2 -- lunch break

It's amazing what an extra half-hour of sleep will do for one's state of mind.

In this morning's classes (ie: training for the teachers-in-training) we covered 1. some practical classroom-management skills (especially how to give instructions) and 2. lesson planning.

( Thoughts on that )

In completely unrelated news, it is frustrating to try to figure out the control panels to set up US-layout keyboards on these computers. It took me about ten minutes. But at least now I know where it is for next time.

So, this evening I'm tutoring at 5:45 and will probably be going home afterwards. If you see me on MSN tonight, feel free to say "hi."

Ye gads, I'm tired

Due to the tutoring session I had after class today, I only got home around 7:30 pm. From 8:00-8:30, I did some lesson planning. From 8:30-9:00, I hunted in vain for some clipart to use for a (completely superfluous) handout I wanted to make, getting more frustrated all the time. From 9:00-9:45, I tried in vain to get Open Office to run on my computer, getting more frustrated all the time (it says I need to install Apple X11 on my computer, which I've already done. Argh). From 9:45-10:15, I typed up the notes for the course for the last two days.

All told, I've done about a half-hour of necessary work for the celta, and almost two more of unncessary work. I suppose I'm a masochist.

( A few more thoughts )

And now, I'm very tired. I'm going to be carrying a heavy bag tomorrow (in addition to the regular stuff, I'm carrying my computer and the Game of Thrones roleplaying book) and will have less than two hours to plan and write up my lesson plan for Thursday. But no pressure or anything.

Sooooo tired. I'm going to shower and then sleep. G'night all.