We do what we have to do. I have a good job. I have good pay. There is however, something that has been bugging me. Maybe I'm just being oversensitive to the whole idea because it doesn't really fit into my values. It seems like they have lost interest in actually increasing their knowledge of world beyond the text.
Education is all about learning more and more. There is a joy in learning. Although, at a young age especially for ESL children its tough and more of a chore forced upon them. The weeks have past after brushing up on explaining the different tenses. Puts me in the shoes of myself years ago when I first started taking French immersion. Simple present tense, present perfect, past participles, simple past, simple future… I'm not concerned about how they learn but more of the lack of organization of the learning I'm supposedly providing.
There's no set system. No real, curriculum – kind of like anything goes feeling but not that bad. I feel the most comfortable in one class I teach. The class where I have complete control of what I'm supposed to teach in that lesson. I can prepare what I want and aim to set goals. Anyway, trying to figure out what's supposed to be taught from random worksheets handed to me is a learning process.
I digress from the sheets, and just think theres lots of chaos. I feel that tutors aren't preparing properly for their classes and aren't giving their 110%.
At the end of the day, it's only a job. I just try to do the best I can and watch what I do say. Honest and straight is the way to go.
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