AND SO, IN A COMPLETELY UNSURPRISING TURN OF EVENTS

[lolipop_get]

I AM BANNING MYSELF FROM THE INTERNETSOkay no, I could never do that. But seeing how classes start again on Saturday and I spent most of my break being an unproductive emowaffle, it's time I actually got to work on all those eighty-something lesson plans WHOOPS

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[ipleadthe5th]

THINK OF THE MONEY AND FIGHT ONNNNN *\o/*

I'm fascinated by this working on lessons. IS IT HARD? DO YOU GET TO TEACH ALL YOU WANTED TO TEACH EACH LESSON? I uh. Yes, I'm distracting you, but I'm curious.

[lolipop_get]

YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY MY MOTIVATION RIGHT NOW ;;d

[povertyprincess]

OHO, IS THAT SUM ENABLING? Because like I said I'm really interested, I think it's because you've learned English the same way I have (I THINK |D?) -- through fandom/writing/the internet

[lolipop_get]

I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS ALL DAY SRSLY, so feel free to keep replying. 8D And yeah, I studied in bilingual schools all of my life, but most of my 'real' English definitely comes from fandom and the like.

lolol, when I was little I used to say I would NEVER grow up to become a doctor or a teacher, ha ha. And honestly, even now I still don't know if I'm really a good teacher or not ("ARE MY STUDENTS REALLY LEARNING, OR ARE THEY JUST SAYING NICE THINGS ABOUT ME BECAUSE WE GET ALONG?"), but I haven't been fired yet, so! A-And don't get me started on schools/people wanting to hire NATIVE SPEAKERS ONLY because sadhjkhfjskf HELLO HUGE PET PEEVE. There's this really stupid misconception that if you know how to speak a foreign language (because you're from that country) you'd make a fantastic teacher and that is NOT TRUE. I know I wouldn't be able to teach Spanish because I forgot don't know< all the crazy grammar rules and because my Spanish blows (because it IS my native language and I never had to study it in order to speak it)-- it's the

[doctorquincy]

FAITO

I will try and think up ficbits to text you ♥

[lolipop_get]

I am currently creditless so there will be no reply for a couple of days, but ♥♥♥!

[brokenclover]

As long as you can READ THEM? . . . Can you read them with no credit on your phone? XD

[lolipop_get]

HAHAH yes I can! I just can't text back.

[lolipop_get]

I shall prevail! T^Td

[tobethemiracle]

Oh man, lesson plans. My mother used to hate coming up with those, because she ran out of things to do after the eighth week.

[lolipop_get]

Hahah yeaaah, it's kind of orz. But the good thing about these is that each course is only 30 hours and they generally swap teachers around every new course, so I can get away with lots of recycling. 8D