Sooo today I'm going to a Bryan Adams concert. How's that for random? I know exactly 2 of his songs, and don't think I like the sounds of any other of his music! But everyone at the volunteer center is going- although it's only the staff who are actually going out of a genuine appreciation for his career-, and after a few days of being a grumps I decided to get a ticket too.
It's a HUGE event for Nepal;possibly the first Western artist ever to play in the country. Everyone seems to be very proud, and I can't count the number of times someone's asked me, 'Did you know that Bryan Adams is coming to Nepal?' One thing I really don't like about the concert is that the cheapest tickets cost 2000 rupees- about 30 US! Talk about alienating your fans. Sure, U2 and Gaga and Sting charge insane prices; but would they do the same in Nepal, of all places?
It's funny how many people really like him here- really really like him. Is it his relatively safe musical style? Or just one of those random things? Michael Jackson, or even Mariah Carey, I can understand, but not really our Canadian pop country friend. Maybe he'll go all crazy live and bust out some cool cover songs...it's not like there are going to be beer tents (even though a beer company is sponsoring the damn thing).
But seriously, the fact that it's the weekend is really great. I didn't even have school Monday or Tuesday this week, and I definitely had TGIF written across my forehead. I'm getting a lot more enjoyment out of teaching at the school, but I could not imagine working there for more than a few months! I'm doing my best (ok, my almost best) to make things interesting and relevent, but getting most of the students to write even their name is a massive ordeal, and it wastes almost half the lesson-which is only 45 minutes to begin with!
It (really) doesn't help that the teachers act like part of their job description is chilling out, though. I've written things on the chalkboard during my first class of the day, and come back the next to have all of it still up there. And every single day, I go into at least one classroom to find the students playing and possibly copying out lines, while their teacher sits with their colleagues.
How the fuck can you expect to deserve the right to hit students when they misbehave, when you can't even lead by example as a teacher? No wonder they're crazy and bored. Also, I have serious beef with what they're teaching the kids. Oh good, they can copy out English phrases they don't even know how to say? Someone please tell me why it's important for a beginner EAL student to spell the months of the year off by heart?
Ok, I'm sure noone is really that interested in the sitch at my school. But now I'm bored of writing.
It's a HUGE event for Nepal;possibly the first Western artist ever to play in the country. Everyone seems to be very proud, and I can't count the number of times someone's asked me, 'Did you know that Bryan Adams is coming to Nepal?' One thing I really don't like about the concert is that the cheapest tickets cost 2000 rupees- about 30 US! Talk about alienating your fans. Sure, U2 and Gaga and Sting charge insane prices; but would they do the same in Nepal, of all places?
It's funny how many people really like him here- really really like him. Is it his relatively safe musical style? Or just one of those random things? Michael Jackson, or even Mariah Carey, I can understand, but not really our Canadian pop country friend. Maybe he'll go all crazy live and bust out some cool cover songs...it's not like there are going to be beer tents (even though a beer company is sponsoring the damn thing).
But seriously, the fact that it's the weekend is really great. I didn't even have school Monday or Tuesday this week, and I definitely had TGIF written across my forehead. I'm getting a lot more enjoyment out of teaching at the school, but I could not imagine working there for more than a few months! I'm doing my best (ok, my almost best) to make things interesting and relevent, but getting most of the students to write even their name is a massive ordeal, and it wastes almost half the lesson-which is only 45 minutes to begin with!
It (really) doesn't help that the teachers act like part of their job description is chilling out, though. I've written things on the chalkboard during my first class of the day, and come back the next to have all of it still up there. And every single day, I go into at least one classroom to find the students playing and possibly copying out lines, while their teacher sits with their colleagues.
How the fuck can you expect to deserve the right to hit students when they misbehave, when you can't even lead by example as a teacher? No wonder they're crazy and bored. Also, I have serious beef with what they're teaching the kids. Oh good, they can copy out English phrases they don't even know how to say? Someone please tell me why it's important for a beginner EAL student to spell the months of the year off by heart?
Ok, I'm sure noone is really that interested in the sitch at my school. But now I'm bored of writing.
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