Uh-Uh…okay…
I messed up what day of the week it was today three times.
I also put a suger box in the fridge. Translate: I need a break.
The summer camp from hell is going on well in that respect that
it ends this week. I will be drinking all weekend for that very reason.
It is going on badly in that respect that kids from hell don’t want to
do anything. How am I supposed to keep them from killing
each other for 60min without actually doing stuff? We’ve watched
a video, we listened to their CD (Metallica?) and we tried to do
some handouts like wordsearches or crossowords. We can’t do any games
because there are too many of them, they move up the walls, they try to
hit somebody with a pencil (preferably, into the eye) or bite. Blowing a whistle
doesn’t help. I consider locking them up in the basement for the last lesson.
My other contract is going on well. I’ve got three group and each has five
lessons left. I informed them that during the last lesson we can a) do a test
b) drink coffee and eat cake. 
Today we did an activity on ‘Wonderful Tonight’ song. Lately I started
enjoying doing songs in class. Of course, the content depends on the
students and these do appreciate songs. I had a chance to try out
a variety of warmers as well, plus reading strategies like kinaesthetic
reading race.
July was rich in private students’ calls. Since I cannot take them myself,
I passed them onto my Mum (a senior teacher of English). She’s trying to
get into teaching adults and learns her way by leaps and bounds. Today one
new student didn’t show up for the first lesson. I got two calls during my own
lesson that I skipped because I was working. This might have been the student
asking for directions. Why don’t some people look up their way before they go?
I have too much work to answer the calls.
Blah.