Skip to main content

Class Attention Getters

My students prized possessions:

Syringe mechanical pencil

M&M style calculator

Burger set erasers

Ice cream mechanical pencil

Pizza ballpen
Labels:

Comments

sri said…
yummy, I need a meal now :)
August 27, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Nhemskie said…
@Srivats: I'm afraid I can't offer you to eat them...haha LOL
August 28, 2009 at 12:31 AM
bittersweet said…
the pizza pen is so cute!!! I wanna get one for myself..
August 28, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Nhemskie said…
@Emma: The pen is actually a promotional item from Mr. Pizza here in Busan, (don't know if other Mr. Pizza branches give the same item ^^) Chloe and I actually like it too.
August 29, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Nhemskie said…
@Cheryle: You said it! and once you gave them once, you just have to keep giving them....Hihihi ^^
August 29, 2009 at 2:58 AM
jehan said…
the students are already showing boredom with the never changing system. libro or story lang napapalitan but the activities and worksheets are all of the same format. i just prepare contests or challenge them to finish their requirements so they'll exert more effort..now i'm nicknamed ms. candy/chocolate teacher.... some students come up to me just to say "my gift too" "do you have something to give today?" "do we have game today?" "if we have game and i win, will you give me something?"
August 29, 2009 at 4:05 AM
Nhemskie said…
@Jehan: Yeah, We try our best to motivate them with the gifts but they turn out to be a demotivating factor in the end... this is indeed a foreign teacher's dilemma. So, I resolve not to give them anything. Instead, I work out to give them praise for their good works in front of the class (It's economical too^^)
August 29, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Badet said…
Cute stuff you got here. The ice cream pens are sold in some shops here in the Philippines too. =)
August 30, 2009 at 1:12 AM
Nhemskie said…
@Badet: Hi! Thanks for dropping a comment. I've never been home for 4 years so I don't know much about what's 'in' our homecountry(naka-kahiya mang aminin -.- ) I'd love to blog next time about Phils. if we'll go there this year. The last time I've been there was when my sis got married (P2.50 pa ata ang regular jeepney fare nun...hihihih)
August 31, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Nhemskie said…
Similar to what you say, we have a quarterly event in our school which kids get to use all the good points (cents)they earned in one semester. We call it market day.
September 1, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Samsung's AMOLED

Yup. I have a new phone and this is because of Chloe. She knocked out my phone so hard on the bathroom floor that made the monitor useless for two whole days! I went to a near Anycall service center and actually planned to repair it but they said that I had to pay for around 25,000won for a part replacement, I just thought of buying a new one since there are a lot of free phones nowadays and I had used my phone for more than two years. To pay 25k for an old, really full of scratches phone (because of Chloe) is too much for me since sooner or later I also need to replace it. In the end, it turned out not to be a free phone(850,000 won / $690). Tommy bought this phone for me saying that I need a "much, much better phone" because of his daughter...hahaha! and because I've been always using free phones since I came here in Korea (which are NOT really FREE PHONES because of the additional services included in the phone bill for the first few months). So, I resulted picking thi...
13 comments
Read more

The Woes of a Filipino English Teacher

by Thess Manangan (Busan, South Korea) ---------------------------------- This aticle was shared with us by Ate Thess last Saturday at the FEESK meeting. It was published as a featured article in KOTESOL's English Connection ten years ago. We were very thankful and fortunate to have her as a guest speaker this month. Thanks ate Thess~! --------------------------------- Are native speaking English teachers better qualified to teach English than non-native speaking English teachers? Since living in Korea for more than six years, I have asked myself this question countless times. Non-native speakers of English, especially non-white Asians, face a difficult task finding quality teaching positions. Being Filipino, I have faced many closed doors when looking for teaching posts. It is not easy because Koreans hold certain perceptions of what foreign English teachers should look and sound like. If you don’t fit their perception, then you are simply “not qualified” to teach English. I came ...
14 comments
Read more