Opened my mail, post-marking, to see a really kind message from the supervisor at Industry High, my all boys school south of the city.
She was really excited about my idea to install three English boards for the first year students: one for each of the departments, all about technical terms and cool things about their jobs. Naturally, using English.
(She also was worried I’d been overworked this week at my visit school and asked me to please get lots of rest. She’s a very, very kind woman.)
She also wants me to make a lesson about American High Schools, which I’m genuinely excited about. I might try to find a high school picture of me and talk about my life. I’ll definitely hit on block scheduling, how many electives we can take, and lunch in American high schools. Hopefully, they’ll find it really interesting, and if I have time, I’ll make some nice, big A3 posters and the like to help them visualize American schools.
I’ll also be doing a game, though that’s undecided still. I’m just honestly so excited to be doing a lot at this school. I’m really starting to wonder, though, why my pred didn’t like it: the students are a bit rowdy, but they’re such good kids. They really want to learn, and genuinely pay attention when I ask it. Maybe we just approach teaching differently. That’s okay.
Ultimately, I guess truly, Every Situation is Different.
