Teaching

I teach five classes, three on MWF and two on Tuesday and Thursday. So far I am enjoying my MWF classes the most. My first class is really rowdy and a bit on the obnoxious side at times, but they're cute. Yesterday when the bell rang, one of students ran up to me and said, "Teacher, I made this for you" and she handed me a folded up piece of paper. I opened it and she had drawn hearts and smileys all over the paper and then wrote, "You is very good teacher!" It made my whole night.

My other two classes those days are quieter and more polite. Yesterday I had one of the classes write skits to act out in front of class, and they had a ton of fun doing them so that was good. I'm trying to figure out ways to make class more fun, you know, teaching grammar can be a little dry sometimes to people who don't understand how fascinating it really is. :)

The other teachers here are very nice and helpful when it comes to things like knowing where to grocery shop or where to go for internet connections. I got to school three hours early today (story there) and so I am using the free wireless here right now.

This morning, Alison and I went to the Immigration Office to apply for our Alien Registration Cards. We just got back our hospital results last night (good news, neither of us have AIDs or Tuberculosis...phew!)and so this morning we had to take those along with our Passports and some other paperwork to the Immigration Office. They took everything and told us to come back on September 18 to get our cards. One step closer to being a legal alien...

That's about all the news I have for today. The good thing is that I love teaching, so this year won't be awful...woohoo!