My blog is feeling under the weather.
:-( So I'll make this post short, because I can't post it for a few days...
Thursdays are officially about to be
my most favorite day of the work week. Why? Because I'll be able to
sleep in 'til 10! I don't have class 'til 12:15, so I can take bus
#3, then walk a good 35 minutes to school. It was quite the adventure
today, trying to figure out where in the middle of bumblefuck the
colegio actual was, but thanks to the bus driver and an older
gentleman running on a bike path, I made it there just fine –
early, even!
Today was the epic day I got to teach
DUBSTEP to the 16 year olds. It was basically awesome. You could tell
they were pumped. Score 1 for Profe Chelsea. ;)
A student asked for the name of my blog
today and like I dumdum I wrote it on the board. >_< Crap. So
now I have to go back and edit previous entries in case they
weren't... well, you know... appropriate for people under my tutelage
to read? Ha. No, I don't think there's anything bad, just a few
comments I made about teachers should probably at least get new
aliases for names of teachers. ;) I figure it will be a good way for
them to read real English and learn about cultural differences.
Today when a student asked what my blog was
about (he remembered from last class on Monday. I was more than
impressed. Like Jeese Louise, Sir) I tried to explain it was about
culture and traveling, etc. My example entry was the one in which I
made the Epic Hello Kitty Toilet Paper Discovery. They all giggled. A
lot. Finally breaking the ice almost a week into things. WootWoot!
After school I had
my interview with the family to tutor their two children in English.
It went well... considering I was so nervous I could barely form a
sentence in Spanish... haha. They said they'd for sure hire me and
the dad asked if I could tell the other girl that was supposed to
come for an interview to forget it (turns out the other girl is my
roommate!!)... to which I looked at him and shook my head “no...”
The wife said of course that was ridiculous and they'd just have her
come. They live really close to my colegio and are both doctors (she
even said she'd take my wart off for me!!).
I was pretty
happy/nervous/caffeinated by the time I left, but when my roomie got
home from her interview hours later, my optimism was rather
shattered, as she said it went really well and they said they had no
idea which one of us they should choose and didn't want to create
tension. o_O Eek. Still no email back from them... and my roomie
hasn't said anymore. I'm suspicious they told her yes on the spot and
didn't know what they'd say to me so they're putting it off. I really
hope not... I could use the extra money (even though I totally
low-balled myself) and I think the experience would be lovely.
Working one-on-one would be a nice change from my 16 classes full of
kids (well, 7-20 kids, anyway). I guess we'll see... but I have a
pretty bad feeling about it. :-/ Poo.
Spent the night
cleaning and on Pinterest trying to figure out how to decorate our
room. I think I'm getting closer! New obsession: Free People DIY
Blog. Ha! ;)
XOXO
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