NEW ADDRESS, NO HOLDS BARRED

whew. finally got a new address which i'm super psyched about. feel like now i can be a little more candid about what's been going on. (i gave the address to a teacher at the beginning of the year and feel like i couldn't really be truthful since it would probably get back to administration.)

things are going okay. i just got off the phone with my sister and every time i talk to someone about normal things for an extended period of time, i get extremely homesick. it makes me feel like i'm home and could see them in a few days. and then i realize not.

classes are going alright. my wednesday night class is horrendous but i'm trying to deal. when i left there last night, i wanted to walk right up to my boss and tell her i was refusing to teach them anymore. there's just this one kid (and i mean 16 year old boy) that gives me a hard time in every lesson. he finds the one stupid grammar question to ask that has nothing to do with anything and he (i think) usually knows the answer to already. he's constantly trying to make me look stupid in front of the class and it usually helps. because of his antics, i don't ever explain grammar the way i'd like to (thoroughly and clearly) because i know he'll always find the exception to the rule and ask me about it. and seeing as i don't know how to find the exceptions before i teach it, it always proves to be a stressful situation in where i get seriously pissed off at him and then basically just stick to the book and give him nasty "impatient teacher" looks whenever he opens his mouth. it makes me sad though because there are students that could benefit from me being a confident and fun teacher but i have tried in that class and i just can't do it. so now, they all suffer because of this one pompous kid who likes to be a jerk.