Miss Alicia: Teacher Extroidinaire

So yesterday I went to Dhading and taught for the first time. I spent the morning watching classes and then I taught Class-3 (third graders. ADORABLE)
I taught them the meaning of "I can" and "I can't." It was highly amusing. None of the English teachers at the school actually know English except one so I have my work cut out for me. But I think it will be fun. I'm making a game for next week that is a hybrid between Bingo and Simon Says for my class-5 (5th grade) next week. I also sat in on class-6 and learned about George Stephenson who invented the first engine or something like that. You would think I would know more about him since the teacher for the class thought the best method for teaching was to read the short biography from the text book a HUNDRED times. But all I really caught on to was the George Stephenson was born in 1881 and he watched a rich man's cows til he was 12. Oh, and his son's name was Robert and his wife died in 1905. It's pretty ridiculous that of all the things I heard a million times those are the facts I retained. Note to self: If I ever become a history teacher, teach the important stuff, not how many kids an inventor churned out. I was thinking something along those lines when the teacher asked the class what George Stephenson is famous for at the end of the story and I started cracking up when I realized that I had no idea what the answer was. Naturally, the girls next to me started cracking up too and I created mayhem. Woops.
I don't have any good bus stories since I managed to avoid the bus home by catching a ride on one of the teacher's motorcycle. Not so safe, but let me tell you. You haven't lived until you have sped along himalayan cliffs on the back of some guy's motorcycle with AC/DC blasting on your iPod.
So that was my first teaching experience. Binod says he will help me learn Nepalese to help the kids if I teach him Spanish. I think that is a decent trade off.
Can I teach english to a bunch of 7yr olds? YES I CAN. hah. I hope.