Aaand classes at the university have begun again, which means 15 hours today and tomorrow, then 15 hours next weekend, too. I don't know where they find the people to waste 14 hours so impressively well, but they seem to have no problem doing so. Today we had "class" for five hours. In that amount of time we:
Filled out bank information on ONE sheet of paper= 30 minutes
Introduced ourselves = 1 hour
Teacher spoke about a two page syllabus we'd all already read = 45 minutes
BREAK = 30 minutes
Write down our personal experiences with learning foreign languages at school, at home or through immersion = 30 minutes
Talk about it with three other people = 30 minutes
Talk about it with the whole class = 30 minutes
Get into groups based on what ages we teach and talk about our recent teaching experiences = 30 minutes
Aaaaand that was about it. LITERALLY learned nothing. Having been a sort-of-pretend-teacher for the past four months, I cannot imagine these people writing their rough lesson plan out and thinking to themselves that it has any value in it whatsoever. You're supposed to write a lesson plan with the phrase, "By the end of this class, students will be able to..." and there is literally nothing I am able to do that I couldn't have learned while sleeping in my cozy bed at home. Who would have guessed so much of teaching is BSing - and BSing poorly. Something this lame would never have flew at a Speech and Debate event! That's all I can keep thinking...
But I'm not really so frustrated about it at this point - more amused. I'm still getting the title of a Master's Degree from the University of Alcala - Madrid, Spain... whether I learn a single thing or not! ;)
XOXO
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