I Am Bored II

Today is my last lesson day for October. What is ridiculously boring in October is my lack of innovation and good news.

I have been teaching for almost nine months now and instead of being so enthusiastic and innovative, I have become lazy. I have become blatantly lazy to the point of using recycled materials. I've been getting more and more new students and it has impeded my innovation. I guess. Having new students is like trial and error. I feel that if I exert a lot of effort of impressing new students with sophisticated materials, it will just be a waste. So, I'm quite relaxed now and it's not so good.

Getting new students with zero English ability perks me. I admit they're the hardest challenges for and they keep me at bay. What is good though, is that they make me continue my Japanese language studies.

You loose some, you get some is the quote that repetitively echoes in my mind. I have lost some good ol' students and have gained some new patrons. The future is hazy but not bleak. I guess I have a lot of reasons to stay.

November is coming and it looks exciting. I'm hoping it will also be for my teaching days. Ganbatte ne...

I'm Bored...

I've been quite lazy for this month. There aren't any exciting things for the month of October, except for some things.

First, our online school got a new RE. THE user interface is all the same with some new changes. This RE is integrated with all of the HBOETs' faces. The texts are bigger. The background color is lighter unlike with the old gray one that we had. The downside of this is that, the page doesn't load as fast as it was with the old RE. It takes a while and sometimes it doesn't fully load. What I do is to open it in a new window so that it will load faster. And just recently, the office staff announced that there will be a mobile version of the RE. That'll bring good news to those students who have IPhones and Smartphones who sometimes take lessons while on transit.

Second, the one and only friend in our online school did not renew her contract with the company. She doesn't want to be bound with the contract if ever she resigns. The contract only says that a HBOET cannot solicit students and HBOETs alike to move to another online school if the HBOET will resign and and teach in another online school or build a his/her own online school. It's just like a call center contract. I told her that it will be okay and it won't be found out easily if she wishes to join another online school. But she was apprehensive. It's sad to bid her goodbye. I don't have anyone now to talk to and gossip with.

Third, October doesn't have a lot of holidays and festivals, except for the autumn season. So there aren't really a lot to talk about this month.

November is coming soon and I guess it would be the same. I hope it will be more exciting though.