On a happier note than my previous blog, today was the first day of school. Wait, I said happier, right?
The day was fairly uneventful, in terms of work, but it was fun to see the kids again. I've felt a little rudderless without the school open, as in the hecticness of the summer, lost track of a bunch of the kids I had worked with last school year. Something to remember for next summer.
We had an assembly outside the school doors and then a little girl got to ring the first bell, and the kids rushed inside. From that point on it was basically chaos. You see, the teachers don't have their schedules yet. And they don't know when they will. The first few days are basically made up of meeting in small groups with the vice principals, trading shifts and classes around. So it'll be a few days (weeks? months? Who knows?) until their classes are really settled.
In the meantime, I spent today decorating my classroom. I made posters for the ABCs, with sample words for each word and a few sounds in English (TH, CH, PH, SH). I also put up several maps and posters I got from the National Geographic magazines I received in the mail recently. Several teachers came in to admire the work, wonder why Peace Corps didn't provide me with ABC visuals, and prove that almost all of my drawings are more or less understandable (the fox one is a little pig-like, I'll be the first to admit).
I also went around to a few classes talking about the mural exchange program I'm running with my counterpart this year, and make more plugs for baseball. Maybe one day we'll have enough kids for a team. Until then, I'll be singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" to myself.
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