First Day of Classes

I don't have any pictures (sorry) but I think I will take some tomorrow. I had my first classes today. Four of them, and I was done by noon which is saweet. But anyways, here the teachers move from class to class instead of the students. So I walk into class, and they all applaud. For like two minutes. I was smiling so hard (you know how sometimes you are just so amused by what is happening, but it's not a laughing situation? That's how this was, I was just smiling hard) So that was w-eird. Then, I said 'Good morning class" and they all STAND UP in UNISON and say 'Good morning teacher!'. Man, it was great.

 

In my last class today I was just standing there awkwardly waiting for class to start (usually during the breaks, the kids go stand outside, but I think they were just excited to meet the new foreign teacher so they were all seated in their desks... yay for me) and they all had their cell phones out and they were taking pictures of me, just from their desks. It was crazy...

 

Yeah, for a person who usually prefers to blend into the background, this has been such a change. Everywhere we go we have people staring at us, and saying 'hello' and then giggling when we say 'hi' back. It's really intimidating to be walking through campus and see that you are totally the center of attention(especially when there are tons of peeps around).

 

Just another side note, Matt and I teach twenty 45 minute lessons each week. And they are all the same. Basically, I teach the entire sophomore class and Matt teaches all the Juniors. We have a bazillion students! And, did I mention that those twenty lessons are exactly the same? Man, I was bored just today teaching the same thing four times (and I changed it a little for practically every class.)

 

Anyways... I'll post pictures of my student tomorrow, I don't feel nearly as weird taking pictures of them now that they took so many of me.

 

Peace out folks! Eat something delectable and American for me tonight!