Now that my TESOL course is finished, I am bored. Last Friday I graduated with a grade of a “B.” I’m happy with this, since the class was so trivial, I don’t know what you would have had to do to get an “A.” I think most of the grade was based on attendance, and because of the slow clock in the canteen, I was late frequently during the first week, until I saw all the L’s by my name. You probably also had to teach flawlessly.

Teaching to our fellow classmates was artificial, but it was a good first step for me. For the first practice I had to teach six Thai words in 15 minutes. I thought this would be easy, but it was harder than I thought when I got up there. My lack of ability in Thai didn’t help, either.

The second session was reading comprehension. I had to elicit the class’s interest, have them read a passage, then answer questions about it. Teaching native speakers how to read English is pretty easy, so this went pretty well. Except for the fact that I lost track of time, and short-changed myself by five minutes, so had to go really fast. Perhaps this was the fatal flaw that cost me an “A.” But now I feel more confidant, and more ready for the CELTA. I’ll be even more ready after studying grammar for a while, since they didn’t actually teach us any in this course.

So now I’m done, free of responsibility, and bored. I really need to have something to keep me occupied and focused. I was planning on taking another month of Thai lessons, but now I’m thinking of going home for the month of December.