Teacher Room Video

this is a very short video, sorry, but there were a lot of people in there and i didn't want to be disruptive.


there are 15 minute breaks between all classes. the teachers use these breaks to prepare for the next class, write in the daily book (the naplo), or eat a snack. i don't return to the teacher room as often as everyone else because my classes are very spread out.

regarding the naplo: i hate this concept. for class 9a there is a book which has all the students' names. in the book after every class i have with 9a i must write who was absent, what we did in the class, and any grades i have assigned. that wouldn't be so bad if i were a "form teacher" and had one or two classes (like 9a or 10c) only. however, since i am the lektor, the native english teacher, i have all levels. since there is a book for 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 10a, 10b, 10c, etcccccc, i have the lovely task of writing in 15 naplos a week. some naplos i will write in twice a week because i have 10a(1) on tuesdays and 10a(2) on thursdays. so, i must write in these silly books 21 times a week. it's a lot!!! plus, it's all in hungarian! *sigh* today i wrote in class 10c's naplo for last thursday and friday, and yesterday and today. it took 10 minutes. so far, naplos suck... not to mention the fact that no one will ever read what i write but it is necessary that i write it. grrr.

oh yeah! the other day i had a meeting with my "private student" aniko. we met at the mall and had a cup of hot chocolate each. we just had a nice conversation and got to know each other, not a real lesson. she asked me to travel with her somewhere sometime. i said i would and that i'd love to have her along on some trip of mine. she's 23, nice enough, and pretty good at english. she bought my hot chocolate, too. what a sweetie. we shopped for some shoes for me, too. it was good to have a translator handy. that's really what i want full time! not someone to translate everything, but someone to teach me all the words. hehe. yeah, i like her.