Monday, August 15, 2011

Manila Internship: more than what one bargained for (w11)

Kamusta Readers,

Even though the swing of things was going, I was distracted by the fact that it'd be over soon.  I thought I would just complete my internship, BUT Life has other plans.

In the office, I did Conference preparation errands for Secretary V: deposited Teachers' Club fees at Regitrar's; picked up brochure/flyers, folded brochure/flyers with inserts, recommended creating Gmail ( instead of Yahoo ) email account for the center, and emailed members et. al. about the conference on Teacher Empowerment ( to take place on Sept. 10th )

During ESL Practicum, I observed Director N's organic lesson plan.  On Quick Speak Monday, she observed the predictability of the summary activity so she turned it into a critiquing/evaluating activity instead.  On Wednesday was the mid-term.  I took the test for fun ( to practice tactics for GRE Lit Test ), and also to study the validity of the test in relation to the curriculum ( so far the application is coherent ).  On Friday, we watched an awesome independent film called "Ded Na Si Lolo" ( Grandfather's dead ); it made me cry and laugh.  This film was also the prompt for students' upcoming Quick Speak and essay.

Freelance Tutoring is going well.  Runner J told me about 3 opportunities he could investigate.  We started dreaming and "counting the chicks before the eggs hatched."  So I had to be the daydreaming party pooper, and remind him to finalize his thesis first ( keep on track ).  Tutee B and I finished closed reading "Shinjuki Rush Hour" while discussing allusions, story arc, word nuances, Personal Response genre, etc.  At the end of our session, he told me that he enjoyed the story because he laughed and understood it.

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