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Aug 29

Dress for Success


Friday was my first day of classes. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous about teaching at Southern. But only one student showed up to my first class.

It's not as bad as it sounds - there are only supposed to be two students. Anyway, that kind of took the intimidating edge off teaching. The two of us wrapped up promptly at 8:50. My next class started at 9:00, so I had ten minutes to switch out my books from my office on the third floor and get all the way from Brock to the Hulsey. I knew I couldn't dawdle along the way, but whether or not it was feasible seemed like something a Freshman would worry about.

But when I got to my office, I realized I had left my key in my classroom back on the first floor. So I ran down three flights of stairs, grabbed my key, ran back up three flights of stairs, switched my books, ran back down all those stairs. Several people had told me to wear heels so I would come across as more powerful, but I was glad I had not heeded their advice.

My watch said 8:59 when I got to the Hulsey. Oh man! I ran up one more flight of stairs to what I thought was my classroom, but apparently I was mistaken. So I was frantically searching for my room when I bumped into another girl who looked like she wasn't sure where she was going either. She asked me if I was lost.

"Uh..I'm looking for 3149," I sputtered.

"Is that Comp?" she asked, with this hopeful, help-me-find-my-way look in her eyes.

"Yes!" I said. "Come with me."

It didn't occur to me that she didn't realize I was the teacher and that this must have seemed a little strange to her...until we found our room and I walked to the front of the class amidst a torrent of whispers, which mostly sounded like "What? She's the teacher?" (or "she's the teacher?")

To make matters worse, it was 9:01 - I was late to my first day of class. This was going to make covering the Attendance portion of my syllabus a bit awkward. And the little lost girl I had saved? She actually belonged in the comp class that happened to be meeting in the classroom next to mine.

In spite of my awkward start, class went really well and I was reminded again of how blessed I am to have a job I enjoy so much. But today in the Samaritan Center, I was tempted to buy an Anne Klein suit in the shade of "shocking pink" (according to Wikipedia's color categorizer). Dr. Haluska tells me I need to dress for upward social mobility, and I thought it might firmly establish me as the teacher when I walk into a classroom. But when I tried it on, I felt like the Legally Blonde Barbie. Good way to get students to take me seriously? Probably not.
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Aug 11

I'm practically a giant!


This morning I put a bunch of crying Japanese girls on a bus to the airport. Although they brought a lot of stress and extra work into my life, I was sad to see them go. For one thing, I've never felt so tall amongst adults. It was the first time in my life that I have been asked to turn on the projector because others couldn't reach it. Also, my cat made my house a bit of a tourist attraction. (Nate Dubs, you were right about small, cute, and/or sparkly things being a hit.) In my short teaching career, I have been blessed with many wonderful students, but as a group, these were the sweetest and most pleasant.


Teachers aren't supposed to have favorites, but some students do bring me extra joy. The girl on my left in the above picture is the one I lost. She is so funny; she makes noises all the time. One of her most common exclamations was "Eeee - haa," uttered in two distinct syllables at very different pitches. For a while, I assumed she was saying something in Japanese with extra animation. Then I thought maybe she was just making some kind of expression through sound. Finally I discovered that Becca had taught her to say "Yeehaw."

Teaching ESL always guarantees a good laugh. Why is it so funny when our language is misused? I've blogged about mistranslations before, but I can't help myself from sharing www.food-faq.com with you. I'm not sure exactly how this site works. I think a bunch of people ask and answer questions about food - but maybe through an internet language translator?There are countless gems to be found, but here are a few of my favorite excerpts thus far:

Q: Is it ok to chomp through chickpeas every day?

A: Chickpeas are very low contained by saturated curvy and cholesterol. They are also a very dutiful source of dietary fiber, Vitamin B6 and Folate, and a very appropriate source of Manganese... I would say you could own them every day, but cut-off date your portions size... don't overindulge.


Q: Is the banana that is used surrounded by vegan banana cake as polite for you as if you just ate it unprocessed? If not, would I be better off not drinking it at all? I don't approaching raw banana.

A: Usually you lose some nutritional efficacy when you cook a raw fruit or veggie.


Q: I want to crumb and fry some vegetarian chicken-substitute fillet so that they have the flavour of Yukky Fried Chicken and after put them in buns beside mayonnaise to surprise my vegetarian boyfriend. He used to resembling it when he was a kid but won't devour real chickens now. What should I put in the crumb mix?

A: Tell him to act close to a man and eat some meat.


Q: Who think knees are better than elbows? (I'm not sure how this made it onto faq about food...)

A: A knee to the facade hurts far more than an elbow to the face.


Q: Can breakfast really be served adjectives year?

A: its always pious!


Q: A small dumpling octopus, forgot the autograph. Please aid!

A: Tako yakis are the bomb! Potato and egg starch are squirted into this tennis ball size mold on a hot plate. And boiled octopus tenticle will put inside the globe later.

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