Whatever you want to teach, be brief…
My plan for trying something new every weekend has had to out on hold this weekend due to the arrival of a migraine on Friday which has meant I have spent nearly all weekend asleep. Why do these things always happen at the weekend? It didn’t stop me getting an amazing view of the storm that was brewing late Saturday afternoon and bubbling all through the night. The thunder and lightning were impressive- even by Texas standards, causing the ground the shake. (At least I don’t think it was me shaking). And as the sun started to set the sky was a flaming orange, very dramatic with the mountains in the background! Perched on the window sill feeling safe and secure is definitely the place to watch them from.
I suppose my new adventure for the week is the arrival of my very own, first Canadian pay check. This week I have been tutoring English and Math to a boy who has just finished Grade Seven. After careful consideration I’m definitely enjoying the experience of an older student, and I’m not feeling out of my comfort zone. I wouldn’t like to say I’d take a whole class of them on just yet, but this is certainly fun. Then again he is very well behaved and enthusiastic about what we are doing, and about soccer and Harry Potter, all of which have made an appearance in my carefully selected English texts… I knew there was a reason I spent so many years learning how to teach!
The rest of my time this week has been spent in the never ending frustrations of trying to import a car and change a driving license over, both tasks which should be relatively easy, but as ever, are proving more of a challenge than originally anticipated! I’m sure it must be me being naively and strangely optimistic about these things, but they never seem as smooth as I’m told they are going to be! Maybe by now I should have leaned my lesson and stopped believing the first thing I’m told by government agencies.
Next week, back to the exploring and investigation…
I suppose my new adventure for the week is the arrival of my very own, first Canadian pay check. This week I have been tutoring English and Math to a boy who has just finished Grade Seven. After careful consideration I’m definitely enjoying the experience of an older student, and I’m not feeling out of my comfort zone. I wouldn’t like to say I’d take a whole class of them on just yet, but this is certainly fun. Then again he is very well behaved and enthusiastic about what we are doing, and about soccer and Harry Potter, all of which have made an appearance in my carefully selected English texts… I knew there was a reason I spent so many years learning how to teach!
The rest of my time this week has been spent in the never ending frustrations of trying to import a car and change a driving license over, both tasks which should be relatively easy, but as ever, are proving more of a challenge than originally anticipated! I’m sure it must be me being naively and strangely optimistic about these things, but they never seem as smooth as I’m told they are going to be! Maybe by now I should have leaned my lesson and stopped believing the first thing I’m told by government agencies.
Next week, back to the exploring and investigation…
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