Hormones

Hello everyone,

I may have been quite enthusiastic about my work at EC the past few weeks, but I'm having a bad week now. Working in an environment where there are just female colleagues is really getting to me this week. You REALLY need men around you to function normally, and I don't mean this in a misogynist way. Let me rephrase: you need an equal number of men and women at an office to make sure you don't go mad... All the women are probably synced up, time-of-the-month-wise, they say this happens when women are together most of the time. This means there are weeks in which it is absolute CHAOS at work, with the hormones flying about :-)

Anyway, I have been on call again this week, meaning I had to replace some teachers. One of the classes I taught consisted of Japanese and Korean people, which I usually like. Asian people are generally very enthusiastic about lessons and work hard. Problem is their accent... it can be quite difficult to understand what they mean when they talk about 'Crima Contour', which needs to be interpreted as 'Climate Control'. Even our favourite Ocean's Ereven actor George Crooney was discussed in this class!

Next week I'll be working longer days because of a national holiday. On Friday, the Maltese celebrate their independance, meaning we'll all have a day off. However, we need to make up for this by teaching TWO-HOUR LESSONS every day! I think it's very difficult to prepare for 120-minute lessons, because students usually start falling asleep after 90 minutes. Remember three hours of Language Skills, everyone?

Right, of course I will keep you posted on how I got on during this hellish week :-) But to be serious for once, I'm sure I'll manage. There are some great activities that usually need to be split over two days, but now we'll manage to do them in one day, as lessons will last two hours. I'll be fine!

Talk to you all soon!

Marien

Comments

[Geplaatst door: rence]

hope i dont have to teach in the first week ;)

*kiss*
Rence

SEE YOU IN TWO DAYS!!!

[Geplaatst door: rence]

i mean 1 (A)

[Geplaatst door: Maaike]

hee Marien,

I came across your lovely website again and desided to leave you a message :)

sounds like great fun over there! hope it will stay that way

back here there's not much to do, i start my classes on wednesday, only have 2 hours of Spanish Language controle (taalbeheersing) to start with and then i'm free to go home again!!

enjoy your time there!
miss you, kisses
Maaike

[Geplaatst door: Linda]

hahaha, and with the arrival of Rence there will be even more hormones flying around you :p Good luck with that mate ;)
Do you have pictures somewhere as well? I'd love to see how brown you are by now and how nice the landscape is there..

- Linda

ah btw, I have a teacher here who Loves the eurovision!!

[Geplaatst door: Niel]

You already told about the situation at your work with all te women there, but the part about the Asians was new to me! hahaha, that's funny!
It reminds of Team America World Police:

Kim Jong Il: Hans Brix? Oh no! Oh, herro. Great to see you again, Hans!
Hans Blix: Mr. Il, I was supposed to be allowed to inspect your palace today, but your guards won't let me enter certain areas.
Kim Jong Il: Hans, Hans, Hans! We've been frew this a dozen times. I don't have any weapons of mass destwuction, OK Hans?
Hans Blix: Then let me look around, so I can ease the UN's collective mind. I'm sorry, but the UN must be firm with you. Let me in, or else.
Kim Jong Il: Or else what?
Hans Blix: Or else we will be very angry with you... and we will write you a letter, telling you how angry we are.

[Geplaatst door: Niel]

You already told about the situation at your work with all te women there, but the part about the Asians was new to me! hahaha, that's funny!
It reminds of Team America World Police:

Kim Jong Il: Hans Brix? Oh no! Oh, herro. Great to see you again, Hans!
Hans Blix: Mr. Il, I was supposed to be allowed to inspect your palace today, but your guards won't let me enter certain areas.
Kim Jong Il: Hans, Hans, Hans! We've been frew this a dozen times. I don't have any weapons of mass destwuction, OK Hans?
Hans Blix: Then let me look around, so I can ease the UN's collective mind. I'm sorry, but the UN must be firm with you. Let me in, or else.
Kim Jong Il: Or else what?
Hans Blix: Or else we will be very angry with you... and we will write you a letter, telling you how angry we are.