New Schedule
Today was our new schedule for the afternoon elementary students. Mrs Jang rearranged every class (since there are new students for the new year as well as the new classes made for the kindergarten graduates - who graduated on Friday). New classes - new teachers/students for each class. All day was (and all next week will be) spent reorganizing our lesson plans. Overwhelming.
But poor Brett and Laura. They've been here 3 days and now they've been picked to teach the fresh out of kindergarten kids for 85min each. The thought of having Kenny, Beckham, and John in the same class for 85 minutes makes me cringe. I'm lucky enough not to teach these new kindergarten graduate classes. Laura told me that a lot of the old kindergartens want their English names changed. Barbie changed it to Julie. Matt now wants to be called Denzel. And Ken now wants to be called Cobra Blade. Laura refused, and Ken cried - so they compromised with Blade (- the student formerly known as Ken). I had to pick English names for some my new kids. One boy wanted to be called Finger - that didn't happen. The same boy wanted me to call another no-name girl Sit Down, so that I would have to say "Sit down, Sit Down!" And I have another boy named Stinger.
It's been a bit of a struggle for Brett and Laura. They moved into Gabe and Dave's old place. Before they came, Gabe took one final cleaning of the apartment. And even though Gabe hasn't lived there since December (he's with his girlfriend), he took everything. The dishes, the cups, the sheets - and most of this stuff wasn't his to begin with. He went as far as taking the cutting board, the net that held the recycling and those little plastic cups that hold cutlery after you wash them. Laura & Brett came to a completely empty apartment. It's hard to explain to them who Gabe was, but with him clearing out the apartment and leaving Brett & Laura with nothing, it's a good example of what he was like over the past 5 months.
Found a picture Craig took awhile ago, when we were on the opposite side of the road from Swaton. Here's a shot of work - our 4 floor school, no grass in sight - with a bakery and a kid's store underneath. The apartment you see in the background is 407; we're to the right - 408.
But poor Brett and Laura. They've been here 3 days and now they've been picked to teach the fresh out of kindergarten kids for 85min each. The thought of having Kenny, Beckham, and John in the same class for 85 minutes makes me cringe. I'm lucky enough not to teach these new kindergarten graduate classes. Laura told me that a lot of the old kindergartens want their English names changed. Barbie changed it to Julie. Matt now wants to be called Denzel. And Ken now wants to be called Cobra Blade. Laura refused, and Ken cried - so they compromised with Blade (- the student formerly known as Ken). I had to pick English names for some my new kids. One boy wanted to be called Finger - that didn't happen. The same boy wanted me to call another no-name girl Sit Down, so that I would have to say "Sit down, Sit Down!" And I have another boy named Stinger.
It's been a bit of a struggle for Brett and Laura. They moved into Gabe and Dave's old place. Before they came, Gabe took one final cleaning of the apartment. And even though Gabe hasn't lived there since December (he's with his girlfriend), he took everything. The dishes, the cups, the sheets - and most of this stuff wasn't his to begin with. He went as far as taking the cutting board, the net that held the recycling and those little plastic cups that hold cutlery after you wash them. Laura & Brett came to a completely empty apartment. It's hard to explain to them who Gabe was, but with him clearing out the apartment and leaving Brett & Laura with nothing, it's a good example of what he was like over the past 5 months.
Found a picture Craig took awhile ago, when we were on the opposite side of the road from Swaton. Here's a shot of work - our 4 floor school, no grass in sight - with a bakery and a kid's store underneath. The apartment you see in the background is 407; we're to the right - 408.
posted by Mary @ 9:03 PM
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