YEA Obama!

The words immediately associated with Barack Obama's presidential campaign are: CHANGE and PROGRESS. In the near future we'll be able to see if he will put these words into practice and if they are not just empty promises. But actually, I am truly convinced that he is going to fullfill most, if not all, of his promises. He is a highly inspiring and motivating human being. He is an incredibly charismatic born leader and... last but not least, he is a really handsome guy :)
You can say what you want, but everyone is better than George W. Bush... and Obama is just great :P
I hope we'll change Kaczynski for someone like Obama (I know, I know, let's be realistic... it's Poland :P). By the way, isn't Kaczyński similar to Bush in some (hmmm... quite many?) respects? :P
Once more: Yea Obama!

Don't let them KILL you :)

Since I love The Killers and Krzysiek P. hates them, I decided to put this song here :P
ENJOY :P

(btw, Flowers rocks :P)

Teaching practice

To be honest, before I started studying at TTC, I never thought I would ever like to be a teacher. But things have changed and I've been teaching in a language school in my hometown for 4 months so far... and I must say I REALLY like it :)

My very first lesson took place at the beginning of summer holidays and it was some kind of a trial lesson - I was observed by my future boss, which made me very very VERY stressed, and 'my learners' were adults, which made me even more stressed. It was the first time I had to put theory into practice and it turned out not to be so easy. I remember preparing for this lesson for the whole day and still feeling totally stressed out, even paranoid :P What is more, the day was extremely hot (about 35 degrees) and we wouldn't have survived without air conditioning.
But generally, I survived it and realized it wasn't as bad as I had expected it to be; I received some comments and advice what to focus on and what to improve, which I found very useful and helpful.

My first lesson in a public school was with 2nd grade junior high school students and it took place in November. I was scared simply because it was the first time I had to conduct a lesson with more than 3 people :P I couldn't imagine myself standing in front of 16 students because the situation wasn't equal - it was 16 to 1! In my mind's eye, I could see them putting a garbage bin on my head and behaving like animals :P
Fortunately, the class was really great and friendly and I was surprised to discover that I am able to handle discipline problems (of course, like in every class, there were 2 or 3 students who misbehaved from time to time). I managed to do everything I had planned, the students understood everything and participated in the lesson actively. The next day my mentor teacher told me that the class was constantly asking about me and they wanted to know when they would have another lesson with me, which was really nice.

Today I know that teaching is something I want to do in the future. I want to develop in this field and be a good language teacher in the future.
On the basis of my 4 month 'experience' in teaching (at a private school) I have discovered that working with teenagers, junior and senior high school students, is something I love. They are just great - I can talk to them freely, we understand and like each other. Generally, it's fun.
So far, I find my job very rewarding and I hope it won't change :)

OMG!

Chupa Chuck is my new hero :)