Frustrations....

The whole point of having a foreigner in the classroom is to expose kids to native English. Today I had the unfortunate case where I had to teach with another teacher because my regular co-teacher was ill.

I like using mostly English in the classroom because it forces children to think independently so they have to do actual work in their head. Today I had to teach with a teacher with a higher level English and she translated every word that came out of my mouth. Seriously what is the fucking point of me even talking, the kids have to do no work. They don't need to listen to me because it requires work on their part, they just do the human thing and wait 30 seconds to get a complete and concise translation from the Korean teacher. I wanted to tell her to stop translating because kids are no longer paying attention. They looked bored out of their heads. No wonder kids never learn shit for English in this country, they have to be taught English from Korean Teachers which don't use a single word of English out of their own volition.

*Frustrated*