We spent the day meeting our teachers and having time to lesson plan. But I had technological issues and so my day was interrupted a bunch of times for nothing cause we didn't get the issues fixed - so it was frustrating. Everyone was lesson planning and sharing ideas. And I don't know - it wasn't very helpful to have all day this way.
So right now, I'm tired and frustrated and we still have the ceremony. And meh ... I need to get over it and be my flexible happy self!!
My partner teachers are Sally and Elaine. Elaine didn't really show up to help me with anything or even talk to me. Sally was helping me with connecting the laptop but had nothing to offer for the curriculum planning. So I'm totally on my own here and it's hard to start planning until I meet my kids and see their personality and what they are into.
I work best last minute and under pressure so I decided to just chill out right now and worry about tomorrow's lesson tonight and tomorrow morning.
The dinner tonight was VIP. I got seated at the table with Sally, who is the lady on charge of us - the principal and two vice principals. They spoke Chinese the whole meal and me and the other Americans just talked about the food (we do this most meals, trying to figure out what is in each dish!)
Then we went to closing ceremonies. I was feeling so tired and frustrated that I just pulled up my Book of Mormon on my phone and read scriptures for 20 minutes - that helped me feel better (always does)!
The ceremony was cute. I survived my speech thing and the students danced, sang, did a skit and dubbed a movie clip. Then they ended with FIREWORKS! How cool is that?!?
Exhausting, good and bad day!!
I just told Mia about how the Chinese invented fireworks and they still make most of what we use today.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you got tired and stressed out. Now I can't wait to read more, to see if the other teachers stepped up and took some responsibility.
Sorry the day was so frustrating for you :/ Hope things are running smoother by now and that you have settled in to a routine a bit. Can't wait to keep reading. Thanks for sharing your experiences! Love YOU!!!
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