This semester has gone by so quickly!! And so much has happened. I got a new roommate and so far, the situation is working out much better. Everyone was really helpful when it came to figuring out what was going on with my old roommate and what was going on with my living situation. It was a nightmare at first but everything is completely sorted out and the experience was overall a positive experience.
So, I had my first day at Peace Games (Mission Grammar School). It was definitely an experience that I was not prepared for. The students were terrible! They had had a substitute all day and had already had phone calls home that morning and they just didn’t want to cooperate. One girl told us to hold on a minute so she could finish her conversation when we were trying to get their attention to start the next lesson. It was a nightmare. I honestly think that everyone else’s first days are going to go much better though. The substitute and the class were just not clicking I think. It wasn’t us, it wasn’t the idea of Peace Games (there were students who were interested) I just think it was the whole “We have a substitute who we have taken advantage of all day and now we have two more people who we can take advantage of right in front of us” thing. I’m excited for next week. The principal had been there and said that we had amazing classroom control and we were really good teachers. She had sent a message to our teacher and complimented us a lot. I am kind of tailoring next weeks lesson to incorporate what happened today. We walked out at the end of the class not saying goodbye not trying to close the lesson but that’s alright. We were told if things weren’t working to just walk out. So we did.
I have a class soon and lots of reading to do! Later!