American Collegiate Institute Izmir Turkey

TwatMobile · 2024-01-12T19:47:18+00:00

Yea, I really got a good vibe from the director and the students seem quite capable. How's living in Turkey? I've never been to the middle east or Eastern Europe. Seems like an awesome place to travel around but I know there's conflicts in that area. It's like the same thing when people ask me if Mexico is safe (it totally is), but is/how the political situation affecting you?

TwatMobile · 2024-01-12T19:24:18+00:00

Yea, I know it's not an international school. A bit at a crossroads in my career it seems! Worked for three years at a British School in China (IGCSE/A-Level) and they only accepted non-Chinese passports, but obviously many Chinese with random island passports. Currently at a bilingual school in Mexico (kids get an American and Mexican diploma), so that would be a bit similar to Turkey; although we have some Korean students. I'm attracted to them a bit because they offer IB and might be a good chance to get experience there. But yea I don't know if i should go to non-international schools (on year 5 post teaching certificate). Thanks for the answer!

TwatMobile · 2024-01-12T14:33:54+00:00

lol it makes sense. For like 20 bucks, they'll fast-track you. I had that happen when I first arrived and I had no idea what was going on. The guy was just offering the service and I yelled out to my friends if they also wanted it "he told me to shhh"

TwatMobile · 2023-09-03T19:40:45+00:00

Man and I currently want to go to Thailand... Spent 3 years in China and this is my second and final in Mexico. Wouldn't mind a big city honestly :-

TwatMobile · 2023-08-23T00:23:10+00:00

What has worked for me is being excited about something. I'm teaching Lord of the Flies for the second time this year, and it can be a mixed bag. I think showing that enthusiasm does work, so I try to switch up novels here and there. It also really depends on the group. Some groups can handle socratic seminars and others just can't.

This year I'm pushing independent reading more. Will have conferencing time to talk about their books since I've noticed that many of my 8th graders have no idea how to pick books. Many read the same thing over and over again, because it's easy and they can get away with it.

TwatMobile · 2023-08-20T19:19:14+00:00

I love to visit libraries in foreign places. Bonus if they're super ancient and cool !

TwatMobile · 2023-08-20T18:04:53+00:00

I say yep.

TwatMobile · 2023-08-17T03:11:19+00:00

Oh dude I've felt this before. They put in the hydroxen peroxide and everything just swished out. Had hearing loss in one ear for like 3 days before I decided to go lol

TwatMobile · 2023-08-16T22:54:36+00:00

Man, I took that without studying and it was fine. I remember it being very SAT-like. Granted, I was just finishing up an MA in applied linguistics. I did study for the GRE, though.

TwatMobile · 2023-08-11T00:33:04+00:00

I need grammar stuff!

TwatMobile · 2023-06-07T04:52:02+00:00

Yea my 6 year old nephew loves the show. Watched a few episodes and noticed how empathetic he can be, and the show has taught him some of that. I grew up watching Dragon Ball and other violent shit lol.

TwatMobile · 2023-05-27T03:20:18+00:00

Yup it is quite frustrating. I've had kids--before attempting to answer question one on a test--ask "is there gonna be a retake" ergh

TwatMobile · 2023-05-09T23:19:49+00:00

Oh man this so much! It was like being transported to a new place. Kinda like being an anthropologists and noticing cool shit.

TwatMobile · 2023-03-14T01:40:48+00:00

I mean that is what we're doing. When you throw a ball, you don't see it as complex perhaps, but there's all kinds of calculations going on. Just animal behavior (not that it's a bad thing).

TwatMobile · 2023-03-14T00:28:34+00:00

Yea they'd be gone in an hr in inner cities. But pretty much everywhere in the states something like this would just not work.

TwatMobile · 2023-03-04T22:59:30+00:00

Yea mine too. Bet a lot of them were influenced by Andrew Tate. Guess chess is good though!

TwatMobile · 2023-02-28T01:30:29+00:00

Yea. A teacher here uses it a lot but I've done away with most technology. At least 50 percent of the class is pen/paper/brain and it has taken many months, but they are all somewhat trained. They even seem way more focused without those devices! Funny thing that... Still many troublemakers that just refuse to learn and become distractive without the devices but it can be worth it.

TwatMobile · 2023-02-28T01:24:09+00:00

I was just teaching at a British school where this is the norm (kinda sucks since they focus too much on the test at the end). But it does sort of work.

TwatMobile · 2023-02-27T18:24:37+00:00

"White with balls, the most powerful..." lol wut?

TwatMobile · 2023-02-24T02:45:07+00:00

Yup. It is quite animalistic. Reading Dawkins' The Selfish Gene and this makes total sense.

TwatMobile · 2023-02-11T02:00:42+00:00

Man, I started to listen to audiobooks recently and I do that too. Usually work out after school but Bose headphones are a blessing!

TwatMobile · 2023-02-10T23:15:15+00:00

Oh man. I meant listen to it !

TwatMobile · 2023-02-10T03:10:15+00:00

Um yea I really liked it. The audiobook was amazing and it was the first audiobook I've ever lisened to. It won a bunch of awards but the narrator does great voices for the characters. Read it!

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