Here we all are for a pep talk in the cafeteria before we all split into groups and actually taught.
I went first and taught, and this pic was taken of another TaLK scholar doing her lesson. My lesson went pretty well... I think. I connected with the kids through K-Pop, and they generally listened to me. The tall girl you see is a little rambunctious, and clearly she is respected by the boys. One of the boys was poking her and teasing her, and she posed to give a back hand slap to the boy and said "죽을래(Do you want to die)?", and the boy stopped and gave up. #AlphaFemale I just didn't explain one of my games well enough. Oh yeah, these guys were so smart. I was doing body parts and my key expression was, "I like your ___(Body Part)____________." "Thanks! I like your ___(Body Part)_________." I wrote down all my words and expressions, and I had some props, but the kids were like, "Hair, eyes, nose, lips, teeth, ears." Without me even teaching them, so I was like, well shit, I don't even have to teach them anything anymore. I should just go home. And the thing is, my lesson was suppose to last for twenty minutes, and I allotted ten minutes for teaching them the vocab and sentence, so that's ten extra minutes I have to teach. Luckily I had two more activities, and I had to resort to using my end of the class routine as well to fill up 20 minutes. I literally blew through my entire lesson plan, which is planned for 40 minutes, in half the time... I should lesson plan better next time.
This lecturer is the one I wrote about yesterday. He's amazing, and he gave another inspirational speech about motivating kids. Here are two of the videos he showed:
First one is about a teacher who had a revolutionary way of teaching, but it was unconventional, and he got fired twice for teaching it, and he finally got a job at some poor school somewhere in a small town. His teaching methods transformed the students, and they scored some of the highest marks in the country. The US government officials thought that the school was cheating, so they sent government people to watch the kids take the test, and the kids actually did score incredibly high in math, science, and English. The funny thing is, this teacher didn't teach math, or science, or English. His class had such a profound impact on the children that the children began to have a passion to learn the other subjects too.
Second one is about the difference a teacher can make on a child. Man, it was so inspirational and touching. I actually want to teach and make a difference in the lives of the kids I teach.
After Korean Class, we had a snack party, and played some games. One of the games was the Nunchi game. 20 people went up to the front, and we all crouched down. We took turns saying numbers in Korean, from 일(one) to 입이(twenty), in order. We stand up when we say the numbers, and whoever is the last one crouching loses. So that means we want to say a number before someone else. But the thing is, if two or more people stand up and say the number, they all lose. So it's a balance of saying the number fast, and making sure no one else stands with you and says your same number. I played two games. The first game had ten people, and I lost that one. I was in the top 4 that game. The second game had twenty people, and I won. I used three tricks. The first trick was to be at the very end of the line of people. This way you get to see everyone, instead of keeping on looking both left and right of you. Second, in the beginning, don't bother saying any numbers. Other people will mess up and get out. Only say numbers when there is like half left. My last trick involves Game Theory. When there was about 6 people left, I told everyone I was going first no matter what. I put my hand above my head and held out one finger. I looked at everyone when I said it, and made eye contact to show I mean business. I also closed my eyes, and covered my eyes with my other hand to show that I'm not looking at anyone, so if they stand up with me, I won't know. I am making a show that I am going first no matter what. And since other people know that I am going first no matter what, no one else will go first, because they know they will lose 100% of the time if they go first, but they still have a chance of winning if they don't go first, so they don't go first. I won the game, and I got a towel, as seen below. Overall, good day!
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