So far.... i am having a total blast being a spanish teacher. the kids are a lot of fun. i haven't laughed this much in one week for a long time. not knowing how to do lesson plans and figuring out a very scattered and enigmatic book is a little bothersome, but i have two awesome veteran teachers on either side ready to help me out. it helps to live with one of them (hi mom!)
i find it absolutely hilarious on God's part that i ended up in the EXACT same situation my mom did not shy of eleven years ago. she had a job dropped on her lap out of the blue and not having a clue forged a new career for herself. my mom has only had half a semester of college experience. basically she is my hero. for so many reasons. i love her. she is teaching me something new everyday and whenever i have a ton of questions she is patient enough to answer each one.
i do have some nerves because they are paying me a LOT of money. way more than i am used to having. i want to make sure that i do my job well and that these students leave out having a great solid foundation in spanish. that is a daunting task considering i have over seventy students, but i am really starting to get attached to them and oddly i am pretty calm about the whole situation. i have a lot of catching up to do so i probably won't write another blog for a while (like anyone is reading)
so far my job rocks. and those, dear readers, are my unscientific observations on teaching spanish. -phoenix
