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Nov. 8th, 2001 01:36 pmi'm so bad at actually doing things i should be doing. we don't have lit class today so i totally planned to go to the library and search through the microfilm for articles for my paper. um. yeah. i'm in the computer lab contemplating doing the Huck Finn paper instead so i don't have to go to the library. i hate the library. it makes me itch. not to say the Drexel library is bad, sarah. ::grins:: but it makes me itch. (trying not to discourage you to move closer here).
i had two ESL students today. honestly, they are the hardest students to work with because it's tough to try and get into their minds. like the Korean girl was trying to explain to me why she has so many problems with articles. in her language, they don't have articles. i can't understand that so i just patiently read things aloud to her so she can figure out herself where she needs 'the', 'a', or 'an'. and the pakistani boy couldn't figure out plurals for anything. i felt really bad pointing them all out but he seemed so happy with what i was doing. he wanted me to do it so he could learn. and really, that's fantastic. it was a hard morning and i went really late today but it was good. i feel like i accomplished something. the pakistani boy brought his paper back after he had redone it and he was just so proud of himself. i feel like i accomplished something with the two of them. that makes me feel a lot better about whether or not i am going into the right field. i know what i'm talking about when i talk to these students. i know how to help people out with their writing. and i feel good when i realize that i've accomplished something.
plus...i finally got my paycheck for this job. two actually, totaling $196 for four weeks of work. *sigh* but i get another one tomorrow and that will pay the bills i need to pay next week. and that's very, very good. :)
my tooth hurts a lot again. it'll go away for a bit and then i'll eat and forget about it and accidentally chew back there and BAM! pain central. i indulged in a craving for a cheesesteak and had one for lunch (when i finally got to go to lunch an hour late) and i forgot and chewed on my left side. yeah. so i'm throbbing right now. and not in the good way. *wink*
i printed out HB last night and i've been rereading it. urgh. the grammatical errors and sentance structure are killing me but i still like the story itself. it's a good read and frankly, that's something that i am really happy about. when i reread other stuff, like escape or even the fragile, i don't like the story anymore. but i still like this story a whole hell of a lot.
i think i'm going to go find some aspirin product or possibly so alcohol product. god, i wish i could go home because i have freakin' forever before my next class.
meh.
i had two ESL students today. honestly, they are the hardest students to work with because it's tough to try and get into their minds. like the Korean girl was trying to explain to me why she has so many problems with articles. in her language, they don't have articles. i can't understand that so i just patiently read things aloud to her so she can figure out herself where she needs 'the', 'a', or 'an'. and the pakistani boy couldn't figure out plurals for anything. i felt really bad pointing them all out but he seemed so happy with what i was doing. he wanted me to do it so he could learn. and really, that's fantastic. it was a hard morning and i went really late today but it was good. i feel like i accomplished something. the pakistani boy brought his paper back after he had redone it and he was just so proud of himself. i feel like i accomplished something with the two of them. that makes me feel a lot better about whether or not i am going into the right field. i know what i'm talking about when i talk to these students. i know how to help people out with their writing. and i feel good when i realize that i've accomplished something.
plus...i finally got my paycheck for this job. two actually, totaling $196 for four weeks of work. *sigh* but i get another one tomorrow and that will pay the bills i need to pay next week. and that's very, very good. :)
my tooth hurts a lot again. it'll go away for a bit and then i'll eat and forget about it and accidentally chew back there and BAM! pain central. i indulged in a craving for a cheesesteak and had one for lunch (when i finally got to go to lunch an hour late) and i forgot and chewed on my left side. yeah. so i'm throbbing right now. and not in the good way. *wink*
i printed out HB last night and i've been rereading it. urgh. the grammatical errors and sentance structure are killing me but i still like the story itself. it's a good read and frankly, that's something that i am really happy about. when i reread other stuff, like escape or even the fragile, i don't like the story anymore. but i still like this story a whole hell of a lot.
i think i'm going to go find some aspirin product or possibly so alcohol product. god, i wish i could go home because i have freakin' forever before my next class.
meh.
