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ZzZzzz…..(Sleep) vs. (CELTA)….9am - 7pm

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

I was supposed to prepare for my CELTA Teaching Practice and one of my assignments due the next day. However, I forgot all about it and spent hours watching TV and thinking about the Eurovision contest. It was something like 1:00am when I remembered I have class the next day. “Oh My God!!!” was the only sentence I said to my self for at least an hour. The time was 2:00am and I still hadn’t prepared a word for my lesson plan or assignment! I sat down in front of the computer and started working on it. Finally, I had finished everything at around 7 am (writing my lesson plan, preparing the activities, finding visuals I may need, thinking and searching for the stress on the new vocabulary I was to introduce, preparing activities and their answer keys, writing out my assignment etc.). My class was to begin at 9 am. So, I left the house at 8am and was there on time!

Note: That day ended at 7pm; I managed not to fall asleep or look tired for 10 hours!

P.S. I got an Above Standard for that lesson and a pass on my assignment!

P.P.S. This may happen to you as well. What I kept on telling my self all night was “You’re young and you have energy”! So try to convince your self when you are at a crisis. However, don’t forget your health comes first, so don’t push your luck.