Now it’s starting to get time consuming. They gave us their formal lesson planning template today, so I had to write up the lesson plan in exhaustive detail. Planning is of course necessary, but making a few informal notes is fine. Of course, they want us to fill out a huge form for each lesson, with lots of esoteric sections such as “aim” and “objective.” Those words are synonyms, but not to the CELTA folks. I’m also becoming more and more worried about doing what they want me to do, rather than what I think will be effective. The CELTA is a bit of an exercise in jumping through hoops. Between looking for pictures of sports activities on the internet, and making my two plans (one to turn in, and one that I can actually use while teaching), I was up till midnight.

At least I’m starting to feel better. I can even breath through both nostril for the first time in two months.