The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.
Quote from: moonbrie on October 19, 2016, 11:48:24 amThe principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.My gosh. Your principal is a saint. Did she send you home with a tupperware container of homemade kimchi as well?~
I've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...I still don't understand Apples to Apples Come to think of it, that Mafia game too!
Quote from: The Arm on October 19, 2016, 12:28:20 pmI've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...I still don't understand Apples to Apples Come to think of it, that Mafia game too! a round of Apples to Apples is basically like a multiple choice question, but where each team gets to anonymously submit a possible answer to the choosing team, but the "right" answer isn't objective; It's just the answer the choosing team liked the most, and the team that submitted that answer gets the point for that round. The choosing team is then rotated from round to round. Dunno if that explanation was any better than the internet.Mafia:Look, the internet. I think I made a powerpoint on the rules once that I could try to dredge it up for you~
I had a meeting with the principal last night because I was just so upset by boss cot's treatment of me. She was very nice and understanding. She suggested having a meeting with the three of us, but that would definitely end up making me cry, so our temporary solution (unless boss cot starts shit again) is that I will only communicate with her on cool messenger. No more going to her desk and asking her feelings or opinions. Cool messenger only. The hope is that in typing out her ideas/opinions she might have to communicate more clearly.The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.Bout to type up my message to boss cot and then get the hell out of here because the cold that was biding its time has finally come out in full force and I can barely stand without stumbling whoo
Quote from: donovan on October 19, 2016, 01:07:19 pmQuote from: The Arm on October 19, 2016, 12:28:20 pmI've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...I still don't understand Apples to Apples Come to think of it, that Mafia game too! a round of Apples to Apples is basically like a multiple choice question, but where each team gets to anonymously submit a possible answer to the choosing team, but the "right" answer isn't objective; It's just the answer the choosing team liked the most, and the team that submitted that answer gets the point for that round. The choosing team is then rotated from round to round. Dunno if that explanation was any better than the internet.Mafia:Look, the internet. I think I made a powerpoint on the rules once that I could try to dredge it up for you~I suppose I understand the games but it's more trying to get my head around how they would work here and how the nuances of the games could be explained to the students.Maybe oglop and eggieguffer can chime in and tell us how they would set up, explain and play them without a CT or any Korean translation, using only mimes and gestures
Quote from: The Arm on October 19, 2016, 01:30:33 pmQuote from: donovan on October 19, 2016, 01:07:19 pmQuote from: The Arm on October 19, 2016, 12:28:20 pmI've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...I still don't understand Apples to Apples Come to think of it, that Mafia game too! a round of Apples to Apples is basically like a multiple choice question, but where each team gets to anonymously submit a possible answer to the choosing team, but the "right" answer isn't objective; It's just the answer the choosing team liked the most, and the team that submitted that answer gets the point for that round. The choosing team is then rotated from round to round. Dunno if that explanation was any better than the internet.Mafia:Look, the internet. I think I made a powerpoint on the rules once that I could try to dredge it up for you~I suppose I understand the games but it's more trying to get my head around how they would work here and how the nuances of the games could be explained to the students.Maybe oglop and eggieguffer can chime in and tell us how they would set up, explain and play them without a CT or any Korean translation, using only mimes and gestures do you know how to play Cards Against Humanity? Apples to Apples is basically the same thing. i would not attempt apples to apples with elem students though. back in my hagwon days i used to do it occasionally with middle and high school students as something different.
Quote from: moonbrie on October 19, 2016, 11:48:24 amI had a meeting with the principal last night because I was just so upset by boss cot's treatment of me. She was very nice and understanding. She suggested having a meeting with the three of us, but that would definitely end up making me cry, so our temporary solution (unless boss cot starts shit again) is that I will only communicate with her on cool messenger. No more going to her desk and asking her feelings or opinions. Cool messenger only. The hope is that in typing out her ideas/opinions she might have to communicate more clearly.The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.Bout to type up my message to boss cot and then get the hell out of here because the cold that was biding its time has finally come out in full force and I can barely stand without stumbling whooWhy would you cry? I don't get this. I saw one of the female teachers crying her eyes out yday and everyone ignored her. This is the real world. Not having a go but the last time I cried was when I stubbed my toe on the kitchen table and spilled my last can of tomato soup and I lost all faith in humanity.
wow, impressive, especially for 3rd and 4th grade. i was more worried about the actual game rules being a bit too difficult for them to understand, even if the rules were explained in korean. i guess kids are smarter than we sometimes give them credit for.
Korean students are less likely to be familiar with Apples to Apples, but I think the concept is fairly straightforward. Even so, a one-round demo is probably the way to go. I was able to incorporate it into one of my lessons, but I changed it slightly so that students don't submit a prefab answer; They talked within their group and then wrote out their own answers to submit. And the lesson before playing that I introduced a game with a similar format that helped to kind of ease them into the idea. ("Like an old man into a nice warm bath.")That first "easing" lesson is represented by slides 1-28 on my "Apples to Worst Case Scenario" PPt. The second lesson is from slide 34 to slide 41, with the printable answer sheets on slides 43 of 44. How I played: Each round, first show the students ONLY the question e.g. "What should you do to survive an avalanche?" Give the students/teams a little time to formulate and write an answer. Collect them and then read them out loud yourself (bad handwriting/grammar may make it hard for other students to read it and be understood.) In an actual Apples to Apples game the teams would take turns picking the winning card, but I assign that job to my CoT to prevent favoritism between the teams. After each round I would then show them the actual recommended survival method just for fun.
Quote from: Chinguetti on October 19, 2016, 09:59:40 amI have so much work to do.But all I want to do is sleep.And I want to buy fairy or string-globe lights and it looks like I'll have to order them online, and that pisses me off for some reason. Why can't I ever find what I'm looking for in a local store? I hate waiting for the mail. I want instant gratification, damn it.But with online shopping, you never have to actually see your money going away. You just send some numbers out into the ether, and a day later, you get a thing and it feels like it's free because a dude just comes and gives it to you. Or a fairy magically leaves it at your building. It's great.Also you don't have to leave your house when you're all tired and biz.
I have so much work to do.But all I want to do is sleep.And I want to buy fairy or string-globe lights and it looks like I'll have to order them online, and that pisses me off for some reason. Why can't I ever find what I'm looking for in a local store? I hate waiting for the mail. I want instant gratification, damn it.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on October 19, 2016, 01:11:45 pmQuote from: Chinguetti on October 19, 2016, 09:59:40 amI have so much work to do.But all I want to do is sleep.And I want to buy fairy or string-globe lights and it looks like I'll have to order them online, and that pisses me off for some reason. Why can't I ever find what I'm looking for in a local store? I hate waiting for the mail. I want instant gratification, damn it.But with online shopping, you never have to actually see your money going away. You just send some numbers out into the ether, and a day later, you get a thing and it feels like it's free because a dude just comes and gives it to you. Or a fairy magically leaves it at your building. It's great.Also you don't have to leave your house when you're all tired and biz. On top of all that it's kind of like getting a present! Once I ordered nail polish that took forever to get here, and I'd almost forgotten about it so when I saw it in the mailbox it was a pleasant surprise.
Maybe oglop and eggieguffer can chime in and tell us how they would set up, explain and play them without a CT or any Korean translation, using only mimes and gestures
Quote from: AgentMichaelScarn on October 19, 2016, 01:37:23 pmQuote from: moonbrie on October 19, 2016, 11:48:24 amI had a meeting with the principal last night because I was just so upset by boss cot's treatment of me. She was very nice and understanding. She suggested having a meeting with the three of us, but that would definitely end up making me cry, so our temporary solution (unless boss cot starts shit again) is that I will only communicate with her on cool messenger. No more going to her desk and asking her feelings or opinions. Cool messenger only. The hope is that in typing out her ideas/opinions she might have to communicate more clearly.The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.Bout to type up my message to boss cot and then get the hell out of here because the cold that was biding its time has finally come out in full force and I can barely stand without stumbling whooWhy would you cry? I don't get this. I saw one of the female teachers crying her eyes out yday and everyone ignored her. This is the real world. Not having a go but the last time I cried was when I stubbed my toe on the kitchen table and spilled my last can of tomato soup and I lost all faith in humanity.For me it was watching "The Notebook" a couple weeks ago.