Those subtitles suck.
Classes were mediocre today. My second 4th grade class has these two kids that have got major class disruption issues. The skinny one does it for attention I think and the fat one with the shaved head just has a screw loose. As class started the fat kid was missing but his stuff was at his desk. I asked Lucy where he was. "He's outside being scolded." Aaah, figures. What do you do for a kid in which scolding doesn't work anymore? It just goes in one ear and out the other. What else is there too do?
The fat kid came back in and looked upset a bit, but the next minute he was up and humping his desk. The skinny kid was just getting up while others were speaking and hitting his row mates with his book rolled up. "Do you not see me staring straight at you."
At one point, the fat kid walked to the front of the class and pulled his shirt up and rubbed his nipples. Right in the middle of class. aiya.
The first 6th grade class was a pain as well. Anna wasn't regulating at all because she had missed the morning classes due to a doctor's appointment so she had to make up a 3rd grade class. So, I got some troublemakers. I tried to use their negative energies and use them for a group activity, which worked, but once that was over, the went off to disrupting others. Oh, one kid had these black and white shiny rocks used to play some chinese board game. A bunch of the boys were throwing them around the room at each other. So, I confiscated them and gave them to Anna during the break.
The second 6th grade class was fabulous. No problems at all. Excpet for a boy putting eraser fragments in Cagny's hair. I made it a priority when starting teaching here to stand up for the kids that get picked on alot because I used to get picked on and I could never understand why the teachers never did anything to the students they knew were being bad and harassing the good kids. I want to be like Morgan Freeman in "Stand By Me", the HNIC. I want to expel all the bad kids...and drug dealers/users. Cause there are so many drug addicts in my school.
For Kindergarten, the most eventful thing I did was play London Bridge is Falling Down with them. However, they said it like this, "Rondon Bridge is Farring Down..." It was pretty funny.
I had a private reciprical lesson with Daisy and her mom today. I swear, the little girl continues to amaze me. She sat on the table next to her mom holding the flash cards for me, talking to her mom in Cantonese, then saying the Flashcard contents in Mandarin, then repeating the contentst in almost perfect English. Man. Handslap to the forehead...my forehead. These talking lessons aren't really working. I just don't understand anything they are saying. I need a book that has homework n stuff. That always helped me. Lisa couldn't find any suitable for me. I need to start looking. I am sure there is something out there.
After lessons I came back here to work on some subtitles. Talk about bees pissing off an elephant. Here is the best description of the DVD Studio Pro Editor I can come up with, its an AIM conversation:
Me: the subtitle editor in DVD Studio Pro 3 is a little bitch.
E: so treat it like one
Me: i do, i yell at it n stuff.. i smack it too...but it doesn't fuckin learn...just like a little bitch.
E: good, then everything's in order
E: perhaps more grip tape for your pimp stick?
Me: damn yeah!
I also had a very interesting online conversation with Lynn. It started because she needed my help and correction on a translation she did for her friend. We then started to chat about regular stuff, and I asked her what she plans to do when she leaves BOND. Apparently something is going down right now and she's not going to "worry" about it anymore. What she told me was pretty interesting and it will be some time before I will post it. I will give you a clue, its might deal with how foreign teachers are treated in relation to the chinese staff by the leadership.
Well, its time for bed. Goodnite.
lata.