Ahoy There, Matey!

I had my first class with the Navigation first years today. I was told by some people that hey would be unwilling to speak and would have really bad English, since a lot of them were from the countryside. This class wasn’t really like that at all. Maybe it was the fact that they had just finished their morning exercise and were buzzing, but they were full of life and enthusiasm! They actually volunteered information and answered questions when I addressed the whole class! I don’t get that too much from the Transportation students!

The atmosphere is definitely different with a bunch of lads and no girls. I could rabbit on about Roy Keane and famous footballers from Ireland and so on! The guys were a good laugh and had a good sense of humour. Overall, I was happy with the standard of English, as it was better than I had expected. Let’s see if they set the precedent for the other 3 Navigation classes! So it’s great to have a variety of different types of classes to teach!

Most of them didn’t have English names, so I was happy to call them good Irish names like Seamus and Cormac. However, I also called one lad Sinbad and another one Popeye! They will be sailors after all! Gotta think of more sailors’ names!! I have another class at 2pm, so more fun awaits! Gotta prepare for tomorrow’s Transportation class as well. Getting busier these days.