Cute Korean hassle.

To be honest the prospect of teaching English at a tution center didn't sound bad at a glance; It's the one subject I can say without humor that I'm good at. The particular classes that I was assigned to didn't sound too bad either. My classes comprised of one with three lads about my age and the other class being two lasses. It didn't sound hard. For one thing the number of students in each class barely got higher than 5.

Thankfully the first class is attentive, if not in need of serious brush up, but that's what I was paid to do. it was the second class that had me teetering at the edge of my nerves.

Yes, it was those two girls. They're talkative, which is understandable. The problem was that they were Korean. Not that I had any dislike to the general race, but this meant that most of their conversations were in Korean that left me befuddled and at most times extremely annoyed. I couldn't even scold them, cause this group was part of a post grad scheme the center had going on that they helped their former students even after we're no longer obliged to them. In other words, a publicity stunt to garner more attention. so fuck it, I had to go along with the whole be nice to them routine.

Which is hard considering their attitudes. I've noticed over the number of Koreans I have met through life that they were a proud and determined people. This also meant that they also tended to be snobbish and stubborn, as most Chinese such as myself are Adaptive but as a result naturally selfish. This is in no way of course a racist comment of any sort, but being Sarawakian you find yourself being able to discuss racial stuff as normally as one would talk about the weather; Simply because we're THAT used to harmonious coexistence. But I digress.

Their attitudes anyway left much to be desired, and as their teacher it left me more stressed out than most. You can imagine the situation for yourself if you'd like; Two girls sitting on either side of you (the classroom was arranged like a conference room, and by habit I sat right in the middle so I can attend to my students more easily.) Chatting away despite your protests in a language you don't understand at all and finding yourself to express your discomfort to them so they'd shut up because they understood as many words in English as I do for Jap (which I know, very, very little of.) Language teachers have to worst I guess, especially if they don't know the base language of their students. Which was my case, to which I can only attribute to my natural bad situations and problems magnet.

I only have to nanny them (I can't even call it teaching anymore) for another two weeks or so, then they're out of my hair. But still, If there's anything to be happy about the situation is that they're cute. Blame the hormones. The shorter one especially, while having the most bizarre stories put down by pen and paper for essays, is also a very bright lass. Sure she understands little I say, as I understand little she does, But I noticed that she possessed cunning backed by her annoying determination I normally mistake for stubbornness, and am impressed by it.

If anything this is definitely good experience for me to have. Maybe something else on the resume in the future, "has teaching experience", leaving out the length of the job of course; two months isn't exactly a long time by job standards.

I have to go now, till the next time then.