My classes are so cute, they are Brighton class and New Castle class. Brighton is pretty well behaved, I have a few students who are a little naughty, and when I say naughty I mean they are fidgety and sometimes don't listen. New Castle on the other hand, are a bunch of wild children. I have 10 students in each class, and 6 of them in New Castle are wild... do not listen, will not sit in their seats, are hitting each other, etc. Basically being 4/4.5 year olds in a classroom together, and uninterested in learning English!!
On Wednesday, my second day of teaching, I had a crazy day- I felt like I wanted to quit. I think everything that could have gone wrong did- I had a little girl vomit twice, I had to wipe a butt, and then I'm pretty sure there was a poopy pants incident, that I casually ignored because there was only 20 minutes of school left. I was about to quit.. it was SO frustrating, but then I came home, thought about it, laughed a bit, and went back on Thursday.
Things were getting a little better through the rest of the week- I think it will be much easier once we're able to communicate a bit better. I have a couple of criers in Brighton class, Eddie and Daniel. I hope this week gets easier on them so they will enjoy being there a little more. They just really miss their moms!
We do a few different things with our classes- we have a few electronic story based things where they watch a book on the computer- and then we have other lessons that usually include a CD they have to listen to, and then we play games and use flash cards, and just talk!
The food at school is not getting any better- I still bring my own lunches, it's just safer that way!
This last weekend was nice, we hung out locally at a foreign place we found. I was able to Skype with Brian, Tammy and the boys, and I had a couple of friends go there so it was nice to see familiar faces! :)
On Sunday (today), we went to Costco- it was like Heaven!! It was so nice to get some decent food that we can prepare in our oven-less apartments! And we got some great deals on food. Cheese is really expensive here, as are a few other products like avocados, peanut butter, etc. I got a HUGE Skippy's peanut butter for about $12 USD. Hopefully it will last me a while! :)
I'm just getting mentally prepared for the week ahead of me. I have really met some great people that have made this transition a lot easier. It is really nice having other people to vent to about school and the difficulties that come with living in a country where you are actually illiterate.
Hope all is well!
Love,
Lindsey
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