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As you know already, I have side job in my spare time besides teaching at school. I.......teach in private. Pretty much the same you think? Well, actually it's not. I teach special needs kids at school while I teach regular teenage student in private. There are a lot differences between them. My kids at school barely talk. They need prompts to talk. Not all of them respond to what the teachers say. So, it's the teachers who have to encourage them to talk more (or even to produce sounds). On the other hand, my regular teenage students talk more. I mean......A LOT. Sometimes I just don't know how to respond to their statements. :p My story with regular teenage students revolves around the words the students say during my sessions. Most of them are (quite) funny (I think) while they think (they're not). They often talk about themselves, homework, and all tasks or projects they have to do every single day. They think too much about studying, about their scores, how they...

Hello! Since two days ago, my Korean Private Student stayed at home beauce of sick. Kinda sad to hear that. Well, to make my mood a lil' bit up today, I'm going to post about what we were doing two weeks ago. Yep, two weeks ago I was having so much fun with her and her doll, Nici. It was bought when She came to Bandung. She said that She already had one before she came to Indonesia. She just loved Nici so much. Once we've done studying, She showed Nici off to me. She put towel on its shoulder. I put glasses on its eye. Aaaannnd, we took another doll to accompany it just to make Nici feel it's not alone. Hihi..

It happened yesterday, in the middle of making this: A: I don;t like her. She is so mean! Me: Then you don't like me. I'm mean, too.. A: Yes, you are. Me: Okay. I .... A: No, you are not! I like you.. :')

Halloooo... Sorry for leaving this blog so long. My days and nights are so full with activities that need my full attention recently. That makes me hardly touch the internet to regularly post something here. Huff... But, here I am writing a lil bit. Two of my special kids are absent today because of sick so I kinda have a lil spare time to touch my lappy and exercise my fingers a bit. :p Should I say February this year is the most busiest month ever in my life. The February just started yet I had already so much things to be done in no time. The first week I had IEP (Individual Education Program Plan) meetings with parents, like almost everyday after teaching time was over. Delivering the curriculum to the parents was never easy. We had to communicate well to them about what are we going to teach to their special kids this semester. They could also contribute what kind of subject they want us to teach them. When there is an agreement between the school and the parents, then the IEP i...

Started last year, I had a weekly side job on the weekend. Every Saturday morning for sure. Well, it's quite hard to do it at the first time since my body and soul recognize it as a holi-day. Holiday means letting myself to wake up whenever I want, and do no thing all day long. Yet, when it comes to money that I'll earn, I can't let myself refuse this offer. So, there I go every Saturday morning. I have 1-2 hours to study with Korean girl. Basically, I help her in solving her homework and persuading her to speak English more confidently. And, slightly enjoying her world in her age. ;)