Wednesday, August 24, 2005


I took my laptop to work today so I can finally upload some pics. These shots are all of my cute little house! There is also a picture of my neighbour Tom and my friend Gisela. Tom is from the UK and Gisela is from south Africa. I have just completed my first big day of teaching. I didn't have to team teach either. They let me have the class to myself. The kids are really great. They are very funny. I had to give a speach to the student body today. That was a very nervous experience. The students all had to stand in rows the whole time I spoke and there was a tremedous amount of bowing and yelling statements going on. Now I have to bike home in the rain which sucks but it will be refreshing too. The kids cleaned the school two times today. They asked me if canadian kids did this type of thing. I can't even imagine what would happen if Canadian students were asked wash the floors on their hands and knees and clean the staff room from top to bottom! My first school lunch wasn't too painful either. It was cabbage soup and squid salad with a two and half inch thick piece of bread with cinnamon and white sugar on it. There was a bag of frozen apricots for dessert too. It was nice actually. Teachers and students all eat together here but because I don't have a home room class yet I will be eatting with the teachers who don't have class this week. It's good stuff, a nice little school if I do say so.

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