Just a few more days and I will be a real teacher...

I can't believe how fast the days are going by and that I have almost been here for two weeks!
It's also pretty crazy to believe that I have one more day of orientation and then get my students on monday and start being like a real-life teacher, very exciting and also just a bit scary. Setting up my classroom has proven to be quite a challenge, especially with limited supplies from the school and no teacher stores. I have definitely been channeling my creative side and even impressed myself with my resourcefulness- its amazing what you can come up with with a little construction paper, markers and a hot glue gun. Starting with a completely bare white classroom and seeing how much I have been able to create over these past two weeks has been a great lesson for me and makes me hope that if/when I have my next classroom this job will be much easier. After all, they always say the first year of teaching is the hardest (although I have suspicions it would be a little easier if I were in America where you don't have to make your own bulletin boards and can actually buy posters in english). All in all, I am feeling like this experience is already making me a better teacher so that is great!

While much of my time outside of school has been spent working on things for school (like making posters and planning curriculum) I have also spent a lot of time getting to know the other English teachers which has been awesome! There are about ten of us and everyone is either from the US or Canada. I am one of three new teachers so everyone else has been around for at least a year and sort of knows the drill. I have been super impressed by all the the other english teachers already so I know I will learn lots from them. They're also really cool people and it's been great to have that little community outside of school. Speaking of, today a few of us went to get some beverages after school and by beverages I mean these strange Mexican concoctions called Michelada, where they stir together beer, lime juice, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce...crazy! Anyways I gave it a try and definitely believed the fact that it is an acquired taste, my first response was, "I don't hate it". While at the restaurant we were also served some complimentary crab claws which were actually quite delicious. So anyone who was concerned about my picky eating ways let me assure you that my palette is already being expanded (and I dont mean by my retainers...had to say it). OK, its off to dinner for me, hope all is well in America.

ps- For those of you wondering why I haven't posted pictures, I am working on it but having some technical difficulties so hopefully i can get that figured out soon.