Itś Wednesday and I am one day away from the weekend! But, the weather is starting to cool down (finally) so I think we might have had our last beach trip...
On Monday, I got to present my powerpoint to my 6th graders about me. They were so interested in Atlanta. Especially the fact that Coca Cola was invented there, it snows, and that we swim in the same ocean, the Atlantic. They could not comprehend baseball though, they kept saying random stuff like tennis and American football. Oh well! Some things just dont translate!
I got a job teaching Mondays and Wednesdays at the Centro de Idiomas Convent Garden instructing adults that work for a company called Atlantic Copper. I am nervous about teaching adults, kids are easier to entertain.
On Tuesday Sarah and I went to our first intercambio. Basically international students meet at a cafe and take turns having conversation in Spanish and English. It always takes me a few minutes to get in the groove of listening, but before long I am asking myself, Ẅait, did he say that in English or Spainsh because I understood all of it witout hesitation!" I am still very bad at speaking Spanish, but like learning any language, even your own as a child, that comes last in the process. I still have a ton of time for practice and I am so glad Sarah and I put ourselves out there because it will be a great tool to learn.
Today is Wednesday and I have my first lesson tonight with a woman from American Copper. We are just going to spend the class time getting to know one another. I will check her English proficiency and see what her goals are for the year with me. My boss told me that she doesnt want to work from a book but would rather practice conversation and current affairs. I think my second job may be more difficult than my first!
I just talked with the headmaster of my school and i recieved my health card, and I asked him once again about being paid. He basically said, weĺl see. If we have the money at the end of the month well pay you. Uhh.. soo.. I am hoping for the best and expecting the worst. I have bills to pay and I dont know how I am going to pay them if I dont get paid. Only Spain would hire 2,000 students to move over here and then delay paying them for months. Itś out of my hands so I am trying to adopt the Spanish lifestlye of No Pasa Nada, no worries.
On Monday, I got to present my powerpoint to my 6th graders about me. They were so interested in Atlanta. Especially the fact that Coca Cola was invented there, it snows, and that we swim in the same ocean, the Atlantic. They could not comprehend baseball though, they kept saying random stuff like tennis and American football. Oh well! Some things just dont translate!
I got a job teaching Mondays and Wednesdays at the Centro de Idiomas Convent Garden instructing adults that work for a company called Atlantic Copper. I am nervous about teaching adults, kids are easier to entertain.
On Tuesday Sarah and I went to our first intercambio. Basically international students meet at a cafe and take turns having conversation in Spanish and English. It always takes me a few minutes to get in the groove of listening, but before long I am asking myself, Ẅait, did he say that in English or Spainsh because I understood all of it witout hesitation!" I am still very bad at speaking Spanish, but like learning any language, even your own as a child, that comes last in the process. I still have a ton of time for practice and I am so glad Sarah and I put ourselves out there because it will be a great tool to learn.
Today is Wednesday and I have my first lesson tonight with a woman from American Copper. We are just going to spend the class time getting to know one another. I will check her English proficiency and see what her goals are for the year with me. My boss told me that she doesnt want to work from a book but would rather practice conversation and current affairs. I think my second job may be more difficult than my first!
I just talked with the headmaster of my school and i recieved my health card, and I asked him once again about being paid. He basically said, weĺl see. If we have the money at the end of the month well pay you. Uhh.. soo.. I am hoping for the best and expecting the worst. I have bills to pay and I dont know how I am going to pay them if I dont get paid. Only Spain would hire 2,000 students to move over here and then delay paying them for months. Itś out of my hands so I am trying to adopt the Spanish lifestlye of No Pasa Nada, no worries.
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