School Life

There is a system to this madness and it could possibly work. There are still many glitches, but it is getting better. There are currently 202 student enrolled at ENCT with a maximum of 52 showing up for any given 100 minute period. There are four 100 minute periods in a day and each is subdivided into 4 units making a total of 16 individual teaching times. Today I am teaching only six of these times, but tomorrow and Friday I have students for all 16. We will see how that goes. I may not be so optimistic about the system by the end of the week.

The kids have all been assigned a level (1-24 with the highest kid being a 17), but we didn't do a very good job of this and there is very little standardization. They are organized into classes of eight or less based on their level and what days of the week they come in. 42 kids come all days, 86 kids come MWF, and the remaining 74 come T&Th. The classes are assigned to a different group of three teachers each time they come in. There may be as many as 3 classes assigned to a group of teachers for any given 100 minute period. The groups then pass the classes from teacher to teacher every 25 minutes.

It sounds complicated, but really isn't too bad. The problem is a lack of instruction and conflicting logistics.

Today's post is sponsored by the letter ㅊ (aspirated ch sound).