Ernest goes to camp!

First off, apparently ernest was a junkie. While this is fairly unsurprising as an adult I feel like I would have been in complete denial if i learned this as a kid. I fucking loved Ernest!

So I decided to do a SMOE summer camp. My principal was fairly blunt in wanting me to hold classes at the school but the thought of more blank stares from students i needed a break from was just too unappealing. I have to get out of here!! (was the thought). And hey, maybe I'll meet some people.

First day of camp I was ecstatic, the kids were good, they could comprehend me fairly well and they seemed motivated. But would it last? Well sort of. I was fairly strict with my kids, I had a lot of lesson plans and I made them do the activities. Course i also played blind tag, chain tag, and a number of other fun camp activites.

But my other co-teachers were not so motivated (you'll see why). They did have lesson plans, and fairly interesting ones, but they were very lethargic and generally spend the class playign games. While this sounds like they had it easy and I was working myself to death (relatively speaking) it would come back to haunt them. By the end of the camp I was the only teacher in my group that seemed to be able to maintain control of the class. One class actually made a teacher cry, prompting me to quite literally beat them on the head.

just like this

What did I get from it? Well i got a nifty book with a few interesting ideas for teaching I'm going to try. I got the opportunity to observe and evauate other NET's at work. I got the opportunity to meet some new people, sadly most of whom are leaving (thus the apathy) who were pretty damn cool. And I got paid 450 for it, which is totally going to a few more adventures before school starts. What did the kids get? Well to be honest it was a fairly unproductive camp. Bullshit seems to run rampant in Korea and the gov is just pouring money down the drainhole without any real system. So the kids got a book which they'll probably throw away, and they got a gorgeous "certificate of completion" which was just...so god damn ridiculous. maybe I'm just jaded and expect too much.

All in all I give the experience a B

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