I guess I'll start by talking about my sick day. Yesterday I had to go home at 1 because I was sick. What a great first impression, right? Going home early on the second day of work. Oh well. I really felt awful...like death. I had a terrible headache, I was dizzy, I had the worst cough I've ever had, and I was exhausted. I was running on empty. So, I went home and slept all afternoon...ate dinner...and then slept all night.
I set my alarm on my cell phone for 6 AM, but somehow my cell turned off in the middle of the night. I miraculously woke up at 6:45 without an alarm...but I had to get ready by 7:15 to eat breakfast. I have never moved so quickly. I was a little late, but no big deal.
The first thing I did this morning was observe a 4th grade English class. The kids were so cute, and they loved me! They asked me question after question after question. "What's your name?" "Where are you from?" "Do you like High School Musical?" We really connected thanks to High School Musical. The little 4th graders all have iPods, so we listened to High School Musical together, and I sang along to every song...they were very impressed.
Then, after class, the kids asked me if I wanted to go to a movie with them. I asked them what time the movie was at, and they said 9:30. I was thinking that 9:30 was pretty late for little kiddos, but then I quickly found out that they were going at 9:30 in the morning...A FIELD TRIP TO THE MOVIES! Before I had time to comprehend what was happening, I was sitting in the back of a bus on my way to see Kung Fu Panda with all the 4th graders. And, Catalina, the little girl I live with, is a 4th grader, so I was able to sit with her! It was so fun. Gotta love Kung Fu Panda in Spanish.
So, I came back to school, checked my email because I couldn't find my co-teacher, Raquel, and then another English teacher took me to lunch. Lunch here was pretty fancy. It was in a special room for teachers...we ate empanadas, salad, and dessert. I felt pretty special privileged to eat lunch in the special teachers room! :)
And then after lunch I observed two English classes...one sophomore year (they call it 2nd grade...aka, 2nd year of high school)...and one junior year (they call it 3rd grade). The sophomore class was all boys. They were pretty rowdy. They whistled at and gawked at me when I came into the class (boys are like that here in Chile). I think they paid more attention to Ms. Kristen from the "states" that their English lesson. I have no clue how I'm going to teach a class of 16-year-old boys. Maybe I'll talk to Raquel and tell her that I feel more comfortable with the little ones...
Now it's 4:45. School ended 45 minutes ago, and I've been waiting for my co-teacher to get back from lunch. We're supposed to be making my class schedule now...I'm kind of getting tired of waiting around all day for her. I can't wait for next week when I have my own classes and I can just go teach and then leave when I'm done. No waiting around. People say that Academia Iquique (my school) is the best school in Chile, but the least organized. I can totally see how that's true...
Oh! I just found out that they're going to let me have Fridays off! NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY FOR KRISTEN! That means I'll have a 3-day weekend every week...which will allow me to travel and sleep and hang out and get to know Chile!!!
Okay...that's all I have for now. Hopefully Raquel will show up soon so I can get this meeting over with and go home.
Wish me luck with the high school boys...I'll need it.
-Kristen
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