First Day

Well, my first day of teaching is officially over. I woke up at 6 am (horrid hour!) and left for the bus stop by 6:45. It only took me 20 minutes to get to school instead of an hour (traffic) like my friend told me, so I may get to sleep longer :D. My first class was at 9 and I think it'll be fun. It's a writing class and Ting (our exchange student from 5 years ago) is in it. It's a big class for a writing class. Right now I'm up to 30 students in that one class and possibly more on the way. Plus I'm teaching 3 writing classes, so I'll be grading A LOT.

My second, third, and fourth classes on Mondays is a Foundations 3 class. The first class (30 students) is good. My second class (35 students) is fun, but we'll see how studious they'll be. My third Foundations class (17 students) is going to be tough because they won't talk! However, it shouldn't be too hard to get into a groove soon. Tomorrow I teach 3 more classes. I have 2 Writing I classes in the morning and a Listening and Speaking class in the afternoon. Total teaching hours . . . 21 per week. Plus planning and grading. I'll be at work from 8-5 at least everyday. I've officially entered the working world.

When I got home today, I was out of it. I don't have a ton of time for lunch everyday except Wednesday, so I was tired and hungry. After getting something to eat, I went to show my roommate how to use the washing machine that's out on our balcony. When I came back inside, out of habit, I locked my door and went to take a shower. Before I got in the shower I heard my roommate saying "Danelle!" I yelled up, "What!" She said "You locked me out here!" I just started laughing because I couldn't believe I had done that.

So now I'm about to make a calendar of all the vacations, quiz dates, and other project due dates. It's kinda simliar to when I was a student, except my work starts on the due date rather than a week or two before. haha. I pray this finds you all well. God bless.