chaos, chaotic, psychopathic

This week has been chaotic. Our new English area has been set up, and we're out of English teachers. I managed to get one last week, but on her very first day, she had to leave because her grandfather passed away. She never returned the day after because she claimed that her grandma also passed away right after that from heart attack. Real drama huh???? Anyway, things happen, but whether it happened for real or not......only she can tell. Anyway, she's been sacked......even before she got hired. That was quite funny!!!! never heard of such a thing.

Anyway, last week, the English students were excited about the new area. Little chubby face....was grinning all the way. When she was asked to listen to the CD, she did and even laughed uncontrollably. I was curious what made her laugh. In the end, I found out this was what made her chuckle......"THE MONKEY LAUGHS!!!" she found it was amusing to have a monkey laughing. I never (in my 8 yrs) felt amused by that worksheet....but somehow, now, to think of it, have you ever seen a monkey laughing????

This morning, Ms Round (the now, ex English assistant) was complaining about a student not understanding a word of English. She claimed that even simple instructions were not understood. Well......to me, that is nothing to worry too much about because they are still learning, so I let her go on and on. When she asked for my opinion, I asked her to imagine herself hearing a foreign language for the first time. I asked her to imagine our Indian cleaner instructing her to lift up her chair so that she can sweep the floor.....in TAMIL!!!! Can you imagine that yourself?????