welp

I'm sick again. Third time since I've been here. Tonsils are shitting out on me. This is the worst one yet. I actually feel like I have the flu and whatnot. Still had to work which sucked. Got to come in late which was nice though. Nurse gave me a shot in the butt--that was pleasant. Never had one of those before. So after leaving the doctor my butt and throat hurt. Have a sporatic cough which is annoying. Can't hardly talk--so as you can imagine teaching is a pain. Did ok today though so that's nice. Two students of mine that quit (June and Joey) have been going to another academy. Was sad that they quit--assumed I was doing that badly but I was told today by my students that neither of them like the new place and they both want to come back. Sadly their parents won't let them. Been watching Batman the animated series. Show still kicks ass. Oh and good news--this one little asshole kid Jim quit. I could not be happier about that. Him and this other kid, Dan, had an affinity for playing on cellphones, not listening, being stupid, cussing in both english and krean, and really just being really fucking annoying. I had to take up their cellphones almost everyday. Talk to them several times and they still don't listen. Hate it when a stupid kid tries to be a smartass--no matter what the country. With Jim moving and probably going to another academy Dan will be easier to handle. Prior to Jim coming to my school Dan was pretty easy to handle--still and idiot who could give a rat's ass about learning english, but easy to handle. So hopefully now he'll go back to that. Have two new students in that class now. They seem alright. Can never tell at first. I'm in love with the Connie girl in that class. She's the only one who really pays attention--she shows that I'm not pushing them too hard or asking to much--if they paid attention then they could get it too. She's pretty much my helper in that class--explains to everyone else how to do the assignments and whatnot. I have a helper in most every class. For the most part those kinds of students are my favorites. Ruby is like that, as is Casey, and Eric. Joey was till he left. However I do have a couple of students who aren't the best but they have a seemingly genuine interest in learning-Karen and Natasha falling into that group--Wilbur as well. There are a few students that are bright spots. Those are the ones that keep me coming back. I can talk and joke with them. I explain and they listen. I'm not the best lecturer, I know. Kind of hard to be funny here--Kreans mostly like physical humor and my humor of choice is deadpan/dry. Both of which usually require a higher knowledge of the language. So I know they don't love me, but my students have really come to show me recently that I'm not that bad. If they're willing to listen then they will learn. Now it's not to say I don't have room to improve. I haven't been doing enough speaking exercises--too much writing. And sometimes I rush things--just so hard not to rush because it all seems easy to me. Sometimes the things that seem the easiest are often times the hardest. Still having trouble with "going to" with them. They're learning it though. Le sigh. I'm off to bed. Damn disease has me constantly exhausted.
still planning my return.