My First Class: Do laptop warranties cover sweat induced short-circuiting?

Sorry guys! I have been so busy I haven't had time to update my blog too much nor write any entries.....The following post is from september. I will catch up eventually!

Thursday, Sep. 8th,

So, I just sweated (literally) through my first three classes at school. I had put quite a lot of effort into my introduction class so I felt pretty prepared at the start. I had a PowerPoint presentation (on myself, Croatia and Canada), a slideshow of pictures related to Canada (with Canadian music – K-Os and Sam Roberts – playing) and lots of props. Of course the reality is always a bit different then we expect. The first year students did not understand a single thing (except “mother”, “father” and “dog”) and the third years understood a bit more but talked a lot during the presentation. At first I was annoyed, and the fact that it was sweltering hot and I actually started DRIPPING sweat onto my laptop did not make matters any better. In retrospect I think wearing a gray shirt was a bad idea – by the end I had chest, back and pit stains the size of Anna Nicole’s ass before she went on the crack whore diet, and I’m sure I have left the students with the impression that white people have serious perspiration issues. By the end of the third class I was pissed that I had basically just done the same presentation 3 times in a row (I talked for 3 hours straight) and that I had to do the same thing another ten times over the next few days. *Sigh*. However, when I came back downstairs for lunch I realized that, damn, this is the best fucking job in the world really and what the hell was I being pissy for. I mean I basically talk about what ever the hell I want. Show some pictures and play some music; play some games with the kids and for the lessons later on just show up to the classes and do what I’m told, and I get paid about 60 K a year AND I pay only $400 in rent each month. I mean that’s not too bad. And I only have like three classes a day and some private tutoring. The rest of the time I prepare lessons (read: think of games to play that involve English) and surf the net. And for this I get paid three times what I used to get paid at Moneris, where I worked 10 times as hard and was in either a constant state of horrendous boredom or stressed to the point of multiple impending heart attacks. Yeah kids. JET is a sweet deal. In fact as I sit here thinking of the awesome weekend I have planned (I’m going deep sea fishing with Shin, the bar owner, and Kara, followed by a huge party, and a trip to the mountain hot springs the next day) I think I might stay another year so if anyone out there has a degree and wants a cool job then apply to JET! The deadline is November. You can also request placement in Shimabara or somewhere close, so you’d know at least one person nearby. Well I’m writing this during lunch—actually during the 2 hour break I have until my final class of the day – so I gotta go prepare for my next class (what I really mean is that I’m bored of writing so I’m gonna go surf the net) during which my only job is to watch the Sound of Music because we are doing a musical with one of the Oral Communication classes. Oh man, I love this job.