Journey to Peace Village

My first weeks as an English teacher:

Scary
Surprising
Challenging
Fun

I work with both children and adults. The kid's classes are the most difficult. The kid's are high energy and don't always want to be there. To add to the challenge, the school I work for rotates me around to different classes due to a teacher shortage. I never know what group I'm working with until I get there! This is very stressful on me as a teacher and has forced me to "think on my toes." To varying degrees of success I'm able to engage their interest. So far they're favorite activity is passing around a Packer nerf ball I have and challenging them to words.
The adults are easier to work with and I have a steady group. But they are perfectionists! They want to learn how to pronounce words perfectly. They do pretty well although I'm having a lot of problems getting them to distinguish t-s sounds in words like "carpets." They invariably say "carpests."
Any suggestions in this regard would be joyfully welcomed!

Labels: education, Viet Nam, Viet Nam and the West