[fishead soup]

Don't bother to teach at a high school. All they care about is that damn exam.Some might be catching some zzzzzzzzzz in your class.

[little sage]

I think any student with an over-zealous mother can be caught falling asleep in class. My friend used to teach a grade 6 girl in her home at night until 11 or 12. When she left the house, the rest of the family was already in bed, except the 12 year old! She need to get into a good middle school...

As for my preferences, I like teaching the elementary kids because they are so fun to be with. My very best class ever was a group of 10-11 year olds whose level was high enough to be conversational. We could discuss things, and play games and it was all good fun. Once they turn 13 or so, as the enthusiasm begins to lose out to self-consciousness, my interest begins to wane as well. Plus it's not longer funny if I act like a goof.

[livinginkorea]

I prefer to teach adults. I am currently teaching kids and I love them too but I would take an adult class over a kids class if I had a choice. The last job that I was in was excellent and I loved teaching company and uni students. However that meant that I had to prepare more that I would have to for kids but I found that when I went into the elementary school that I am at I had to prepare so much more than I thought I would!

My reasons for going into the elementary school and not the adult school was simple. Most of the jobs for adults have work from 6 in the morning and finish late at night on a split shift whereas teaching kids is a block shift. I hate split shifts so I stuff with the kids

My next job will be teaching company classes and I will try and teach in a school or two, like an after school program if it's possible.