Archive for January, 2003
Thursday, January 30th, 2003
Back in action!
It’s been a long week, and it’s not over yet…BUT:
I GOT A CELL PHONE! And it has a camera so hopefully I’ll be able to put some pictures up here soon, although I’m not sure of the quality of cell phone pictures.
So, here’s my complete info:
Marc Baizman
cell: (090) 6063-0274 (int’l call: […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Travel Tales by Marc
Monday, January 27th, 2003
I have a home!
So I finally left work on Saturday about 8pm or so. My manager and I took a cab to my apartment, about a 30 minute cab ride. Normally. We got lost trying to find the place because it’s in the middle of nowhere. We finally made it to […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2003
LOOOOONG Week…
Whew. (wiping sweat from my forehead)
I’m out of work before 11pm for the first time this week. It has been one looooooong and busy week. The old teacher’s last day was YESTERDAY. I’m teaching ALL his classes from now on. They really throw you into the fire, I’m learning.
But, except […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Teaching Fun by Marc
Sunday, January 19th, 2003
The morning after.
Last night was incredible. There were about 50 or so AEON students and 10 staff members. It was a serious PARTY with a capital P. We went to a restaurant called Garlic Shop, “Ninniku-ya”. As the name implies, everything has garlic in it. The food was good, and not fishy! […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Teaching Fun by Marc
Saturday, January 18th, 2003
I DID IT!!!
First, sorry about no entry yesterday. Alcohol was once again to blame. Not me, naturally. :*)
I made it to the other side! I’m done with training! Woo-hoo! And now I’m…seriously hung over. Here’s what happened:
Yesterday Craig, Ellen, and I spent the day preparing our lessons to teach […]
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Thursday, January 16th, 2003
I taught AGAIN…
…and it went GREAT! This time I had my lesson prepared more thoroughly and I was more relaxed overall. I still biffed a few things, but I really felt like I taught a good, thorough lesson. I think the students had a good time, and even learned a thing or two. […]
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Wednesday, January 15th, 2003
Another long day, but a better end.
Today I TAUGHT. Real students. Four of them. And you know what? It wasn’t that bad. Did I do everything right? No. Did I mess up a lot? Yep. But it went okay, overall. I think they learned something, and that’s what’s really important.
I […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Teaching Fun by Marc
Tuesday, January 14th, 2003
A really long day.
My grandmother passed away yesterday. She was the sweetest, kindest, most thoughtful person I have ever known in my life. It wasn’t a complete surprise, but it’s never something you want to hear, and it certainly came a shock this morning. This was a hard way to start the day.
I felt […]
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Monday, January 13th, 2003
Teaching is, like, HARD.
Okay, today was day 2 of training and it was a LOT of information. Ellen, one of my fellow trainees, has previous english teaching experience and even she was a little overwhelmed. Needless to say, Craig and I are staggering under a mountain of new inforamtuion. BUT the silver lining is that […]
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Sunday, January 12th, 2003
Kyoto is the place to be.
So I’m fresh off the train from Kyoto and it was amazing. It’s this wierd combination of ancient and modern that I’ve never experienced in or out of Japan. We walked along this one street, Pontocho, which was a narrow alley with every step a wood and rice paper entrance to an exclusive […]
