So spring has finally sprung, the snow is gone, the winds are here and it is raining! It was not the thunderstorm that I was hoping for, but rain is rain, now maybe there won't be as much dust outside!
The wind has been absolutely crazy here. I think that if I went outside with an umbrella yesterday I would have been able to fly just like Mary Poppins! I tried to go for a walk yesterday, my goal has been to do about 2 miles a day and this goal is very attainable. There is a road that I enjoy walking down because there are not a lot of houses which leads to less people staring at me as I am walking down the side of the road, as exercise is a fairly foreign subject here. I was fine when I was in town, but as soon as I left town and entered the country side, there was no more protection from the wind. I felt as if I looked like a mime who is pretending to move a very heavy object, except I was not pretending! I was attempting to walk into I would say about 30 mph winds and it wasn't working so well. So yesterday the stat was Weather - 1, Sarah - 0. So I tried again today, the wind had died down, and it was a little overcast, but I wanted to go before the rain came. While I was on my walk the rain decided to come, I got a little bit further than yesterday, but again the stat stands at Weather - 2, Sarah - 0. I am hoping to beat it tomorrow when I try again! Oh the weather will not deter me, I want to enjoy the outside now that it is not freezing cold!
So other than the change in weather there is not to much going on this week. I had a rather unpleasant Monday with one class, but I am hoping that turns around this week. We shall see when I let them know what the consequences of their actions are. I hope that will encourage them to behave better...for some it may do nothing, but for others it may work. If I can influence one child to choose a better path, that is a success in my eyes. I just have to remember that when all the other ones are driving me crazy! ;)
This week my dear darling brother celebrated his birthday, now I have to wait another 300 and some days to remind him that he is temporarily not older than me. Oh the fun times I have with that! If you are reading this big bro, I hope you had a great birthday and I will be home to celebrate with you in 2012! Sorry I missed the big 25, but I will be home for 27 and for the later ones, and after 30 it is all downhill anyway so I will be there to witness that spectacular event ;) Just kidding I know you will be awesome for another 50 some years!
Also my Mom and Dad will be celebrating their anniversary this week! They have been married for 26 years! Yay Mom and Dad! Sorry no party this year Mom and Dad, I think after the money spent on last year's party and present and the fact that I am half way across the world will put a stop to that! Just think though maybe you will get another awesome party for your 30th anniversary! Just stay married for another 4 years! :) Just kidding again, I admire my parents so much, they have had such a great marriage (in my opinion and I hope in theirs too!! ;) They raised me and my brother in a great environment and always showed us a great example of love, communication and family importance. Mom and Dad you made me and Fred who we are today and I thank you for that! You rock!! As you can see March is a busy busy month for our family, but I wouldn't have it any other way!!
Well I know that is a short entry...but that is about all I have for today. I have to try to change my sleeping schedule because daylights savings time just hit us! So now my body is a little off, but I am sure I will recover just like we all do every year when the clocks change!! :) I hope that Spring is finding you all well and that flowers and trees are starting to bloom and decorate the landscape that is emerging after a long cold winter. I also hope that the Easter Bunny treats you well, but also while you are enjoying your sweets, ham dinners, and hard-boiled eggs that we do not forget the true meaning of Easter and why we are celebrating it. We are truly blessed everyday and I know I am thankful for every blessing that you all have and the ones that I have as well!
I love and miss you all and hope that your week is full of sunshine and the beautiful melodies of the songbirds. Enjoy your week and I hope the weather is nice enough to permit you to go outside and enjoy Mother Natures miracles!
Voi iubesc
Mi-a dor de voi
Va pup
Pana mai tarziu
~Sarah B.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Happy Birthday to me!!
So this week was a little more interesting than the last, I have been feeling better and now I am another year older and also until Tuesday my brother Fred and I are the same age! So for 2 more days he cannot claim that he is older than me! Woohoo! I am an equal :) I used to pick on Fred so much when we were younger during these 5 days, because I would not let him claim that he was older than me, because we were the same age! I also loved the story mom used to tell us, I guess that Fred (or me) not really sure which, used to ask why we were the same age, so mom would tell us "Well, Sarah is a new 5, and Fred, you are an old 5 and soon you will be a new 6." I think that is just adorable, and that makes me realize how I have such a smart mama!
So the beginning of this week was pretty normal, and pretty slow. I stole one of my friends techniques for discipline in the classroom and we will see if it works. My students were being really loud so I made them write sentences over and over again until the end of the hour. They did not like it to much, but I hope that encourages them to quiet down...I don't know we shall see.
So most of my week started from Wednesday on. I had a bunch of St. Patrick's Day lesson plans, all of which worked really well. My students had to write how they would catch a leprechaun and what their wishes would be as well as what they would do with the pot of gold. I was really impressed with their creativity! One group said they would have a girl leprechaun who would lure him into the pub and then they would catch him, another group said they would invite him over for a dinner and then put sleeping pills in his food and once he was asleep they would tie him up. It made me laugh so hard. I was really impressed with their answers for the use of the gold however, I think that 5 out of the 6 groups said that they would donate their gold to orphans, which I thought was really sweet of them! So then after that I went home and baked my goodies for the next day. I decided on Apple Crisp and Brownies. In addition to this I also had ice cream to go with both of the goodies because brownies and apple crisp are always better with ice cream!
That brings me to Thursday, the best day of the year, because that was the day that 24 years ago I was brought into this world! It was actually a really great birthday. I wasn't sure how it was going to be, but it was just a perfect first birthday in Romania. My day started off (and remained) great, I came to school a little bit early so I could make sure that I had everything that I needed for my treat for the day and was able to talk to the teachers for a little bit before class. Then I had to go up to my first class, by myself, which is normal because it is difficult for my counterpart to get there right on time due to transportation. I saw one of my kids in the hall and he went sprinting into the classroom, which isn't abnormal, so I didn't think anything of it. When I got into the classroom however, I knew that something was up because there was only one student in there, and I could not see anymore of my kids, even though I knew that I had seen one of them go running in there. As I went further into the room I could see them behind the desk, and then they all popped up and sang Happy Birthday to me. I think it was the cutest thing I had ever seen and I was impressed that they had remembered that it was my birthday as they were only 4th graders and I had only mentioned it once to them last week. So the day continued on and then the teachers decided that they needed to buy me a present so they got me this really nice red purse, and as many of you know, I love purses! So that was also a really nice surprise. Then I went out to a family's house, someone that I really like to visit a lot and they made a really nice dinner for me and a cake and they had a candle for me and sang to me as well it was really nice. After that I went to Botosani to hang out with my counterpart and we had a few drinks and just hung out for a while. It was a really nice birthday :)
So then that brings me to the weekend, where I was a traveling :) I went to Bacau which is a city in Romania that is about 3-4 hours south of where I am. I went to visit another volunteer there because she is going to be leaving in about 4 weeks because here 2 years will be done with. So I raided her apartment for things that she is not going to be taking with her and also was able to spend some time with some friendly volunteer faces again. We had a great dinner of Tacos and then on Saturday I got another cake, a carrot cake and was sung to again. It was so nice and it was a delicious cake with homemade cream cheese frosting, which as we all know is just downright delicious! So we just hung out and had a good time, had a few drinks, made some good food, went dancing, went to see Alice in Wonderland in 3-D, and enjoyed the beautiful weather of the weekend. It was really nice and the traveling was really easy to, the bus back was a little tricky to catch as it was late and went to a different line at the station, but I made it on and made it back in time to get my lesson planning done, do some organizing, update my blog and talk to my dear brother for a while. So all in all the week was really nice, and now I am looking forward to closing up this blog and relaxing for a while :) I hope everyone is doing well and that Spring is peeking its head out for you as well. I also hope that Spring will decide to emerge and the nice weather will stay for good! I don't know about all of you but I am done with the cold weather and am ready to move onto sunshine and enjoying the outside! I love and miss you all and wish all the best for you in everything that you do!
Va iubesc
Va pup
Mi-a dor de voi!
Pana mai tarziu
~Sarah B.
So the beginning of this week was pretty normal, and pretty slow. I stole one of my friends techniques for discipline in the classroom and we will see if it works. My students were being really loud so I made them write sentences over and over again until the end of the hour. They did not like it to much, but I hope that encourages them to quiet down...I don't know we shall see.
So most of my week started from Wednesday on. I had a bunch of St. Patrick's Day lesson plans, all of which worked really well. My students had to write how they would catch a leprechaun and what their wishes would be as well as what they would do with the pot of gold. I was really impressed with their creativity! One group said they would have a girl leprechaun who would lure him into the pub and then they would catch him, another group said they would invite him over for a dinner and then put sleeping pills in his food and once he was asleep they would tie him up. It made me laugh so hard. I was really impressed with their answers for the use of the gold however, I think that 5 out of the 6 groups said that they would donate their gold to orphans, which I thought was really sweet of them! So then after that I went home and baked my goodies for the next day. I decided on Apple Crisp and Brownies. In addition to this I also had ice cream to go with both of the goodies because brownies and apple crisp are always better with ice cream!
That brings me to Thursday, the best day of the year, because that was the day that 24 years ago I was brought into this world! It was actually a really great birthday. I wasn't sure how it was going to be, but it was just a perfect first birthday in Romania. My day started off (and remained) great, I came to school a little bit early so I could make sure that I had everything that I needed for my treat for the day and was able to talk to the teachers for a little bit before class. Then I had to go up to my first class, by myself, which is normal because it is difficult for my counterpart to get there right on time due to transportation. I saw one of my kids in the hall and he went sprinting into the classroom, which isn't abnormal, so I didn't think anything of it. When I got into the classroom however, I knew that something was up because there was only one student in there, and I could not see anymore of my kids, even though I knew that I had seen one of them go running in there. As I went further into the room I could see them behind the desk, and then they all popped up and sang Happy Birthday to me. I think it was the cutest thing I had ever seen and I was impressed that they had remembered that it was my birthday as they were only 4th graders and I had only mentioned it once to them last week. So the day continued on and then the teachers decided that they needed to buy me a present so they got me this really nice red purse, and as many of you know, I love purses! So that was also a really nice surprise. Then I went out to a family's house, someone that I really like to visit a lot and they made a really nice dinner for me and a cake and they had a candle for me and sang to me as well it was really nice. After that I went to Botosani to hang out with my counterpart and we had a few drinks and just hung out for a while. It was a really nice birthday :)
So then that brings me to the weekend, where I was a traveling :) I went to Bacau which is a city in Romania that is about 3-4 hours south of where I am. I went to visit another volunteer there because she is going to be leaving in about 4 weeks because here 2 years will be done with. So I raided her apartment for things that she is not going to be taking with her and also was able to spend some time with some friendly volunteer faces again. We had a great dinner of Tacos and then on Saturday I got another cake, a carrot cake and was sung to again. It was so nice and it was a delicious cake with homemade cream cheese frosting, which as we all know is just downright delicious! So we just hung out and had a good time, had a few drinks, made some good food, went dancing, went to see Alice in Wonderland in 3-D, and enjoyed the beautiful weather of the weekend. It was really nice and the traveling was really easy to, the bus back was a little tricky to catch as it was late and went to a different line at the station, but I made it on and made it back in time to get my lesson planning done, do some organizing, update my blog and talk to my dear brother for a while. So all in all the week was really nice, and now I am looking forward to closing up this blog and relaxing for a while :) I hope everyone is doing well and that Spring is peeking its head out for you as well. I also hope that Spring will decide to emerge and the nice weather will stay for good! I don't know about all of you but I am done with the cold weather and am ready to move onto sunshine and enjoying the outside! I love and miss you all and wish all the best for you in everything that you do!
Va iubesc
Va pup
Mi-a dor de voi!
Pana mai tarziu
~Sarah B.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
What a week
So I am pretty sure this post is going to be pretty dull. Sorry if the title is misleading! :) I did not do a whole lot this week as I had a doozie of a cold. I had not felt that under the weather in quite some time! I even stayed home from school one day, but could only stay home one day because my counterpart also had a rough week in which she had a funeral to attend so someone had to be at school. My worst day was Wednesday I think, and that was when I had to go to school. I could not stand up without feeling dizzy so I actually had my 8th graders do all the writing for me. They thought that it was amusing and I just dictated from the chair what they were to write :) I was thankful that I was with my group 1 kids that day, because that made it possible for me to stay seated and they would do as I said and help me out.
I am slowly starting to feel better, which is a relief. I have more energy and I am hoping that I can start going on my daily walks again soon. The weather became cold again so that prevented it, and then I came down with this nasty cold and that further prevented it, but I think that if I can get back into the swing of things and get some daily exercise that will help.
I wish I had some funny stories to tell this week, but unfortunately I have none. Oh wait I do have one. I was listening to NPR's "Wait, Wait, don't tell me" (which is a hilarious show!) and I was surprised to hear Romania's name on it! Of course it was for something silly, which I just loved because Romania has a very interesting personality (for me as an outsider at least). So apparently there was a mayor in a small town near the Hungarian border who noticed a problem and decided to put up street signs to help control the problem. "What are on these street signs?" you may ask, well they consist of a man on his hands and knees caring a bottle with the words "Attention drunks". Apparently there has been several accidents in which drunk individuals crawl out into the road and pass out there, or walk out in front of oncoming traffic, and it has resulted in many problems. Since there is not much that they could do about the incoherent pedestrian population, they decided to address the driving population. The sign is hilarious, and I do hope that it helps the problem! :)
Other than that not too much to report here. I am looking forward to being another year older this week...it sure did come fast! I will be making some goodies for my fellow teachers at school and I am hopeful that they will enjoy them! :) I don't have a whole lot planned for my birthday, as it is in the middle of the week, but I will go visit a family here that I greatly enjoy spending time with and then over the weekend I am going to visit another volunteer and we will hang out and have some fun :)
This week I will also be talking to my director about a project that I would like to begin. I am hopeful that he will like it and if he does then I will tell you more about it, but I don't want to jinx it before it even gets started. That is about all for this week I think. I hope everyone is doing well, and that the weather is looking nicer by you and the robins are starting to appear and stay while the snow is melting. I miss you all like crazy and think of you everyday! I hope that your wallet's are being kind to you, and that the grace of God is with you each and every day. I love you all!!!
Va iubesc!
Va pup!
Mi-a dor de voi!
Pana mai tarziu
~Sarah B.
I am slowly starting to feel better, which is a relief. I have more energy and I am hoping that I can start going on my daily walks again soon. The weather became cold again so that prevented it, and then I came down with this nasty cold and that further prevented it, but I think that if I can get back into the swing of things and get some daily exercise that will help.
I wish I had some funny stories to tell this week, but unfortunately I have none. Oh wait I do have one. I was listening to NPR's "Wait, Wait, don't tell me" (which is a hilarious show!) and I was surprised to hear Romania's name on it! Of course it was for something silly, which I just loved because Romania has a very interesting personality (for me as an outsider at least). So apparently there was a mayor in a small town near the Hungarian border who noticed a problem and decided to put up street signs to help control the problem. "What are on these street signs?" you may ask, well they consist of a man on his hands and knees caring a bottle with the words "Attention drunks". Apparently there has been several accidents in which drunk individuals crawl out into the road and pass out there, or walk out in front of oncoming traffic, and it has resulted in many problems. Since there is not much that they could do about the incoherent pedestrian population, they decided to address the driving population. The sign is hilarious, and I do hope that it helps the problem! :)
Other than that not too much to report here. I am looking forward to being another year older this week...it sure did come fast! I will be making some goodies for my fellow teachers at school and I am hopeful that they will enjoy them! :) I don't have a whole lot planned for my birthday, as it is in the middle of the week, but I will go visit a family here that I greatly enjoy spending time with and then over the weekend I am going to visit another volunteer and we will hang out and have some fun :)
This week I will also be talking to my director about a project that I would like to begin. I am hopeful that he will like it and if he does then I will tell you more about it, but I don't want to jinx it before it even gets started. That is about all for this week I think. I hope everyone is doing well, and that the weather is looking nicer by you and the robins are starting to appear and stay while the snow is melting. I miss you all like crazy and think of you everyday! I hope that your wallet's are being kind to you, and that the grace of God is with you each and every day. I love you all!!!
Va iubesc!
Va pup!
Mi-a dor de voi!
Pana mai tarziu
~Sarah B.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Spring is teasing me!
So I thought for sure that Spring was here to stay. We had so many wonderful days, I didn't even need a jacket, I had lovely walks outside with the sun shining, and then what do I wake up to yesterday...oh yes snow! I guess that winter and spring are the same in every country and place, it always likes to tease you a little bit before it is here to stay. Oh well, it will be here soon...or so I hope! I would love to have a snow free birthday!
So I had some travel adventures this past week. I had to go down to Bucharest for a Dr.'s appointment and the trip down there was pretty uneventful. It was a night train so I just slept the whole way...or at least tried to sleep! It was a pleasant trip and nothing interesting happened...but I guess that is a good thing. So then I got to Buc and slept a little before my Dr.'s appointment because my train got in early, then wondered to the hotel after a while of chatting with other volunteers. It was actually an interesting journey to the hotel, the place where we normally stay was booked, so they had to put us volunteers into the extension place called "The Nest". So I had to wait for the guy to come get me to drive me over there, because I guess it was kind of a hike. The guy turned out to be really nice (I forgot to ask what his name was...you know me always forgetful!) but we had to stop at his other business for a little bit which was this cool little coffee bar, because he had to do some errands there. It was all cool, and I got a free cup of coffee out of the trip and the opportunity to see an interesting new place in Bucharest! If I could ever find it again I would love to go back there and try the different foods and coffees they have there. So then it was off to "The Nest" and I just had to giggle at my room. I was the last person there, so got the last and consequently the smallest room. It was tiny, but comfortable, that is all that matters and I was able to watch some of the Olympics! It so happened to be figure skating that night so it rocked because the is my favorite event! It was also nice because I was able to see some other volunteers, chat with staff, and just see some friendly familiar faces again :)
So then Saturday came around, and I thought that my train left at 9:30, well I double checked my ticket that morning, at about 8:55 and discovered it left at 9:10, super uh-oh! So I had to run to find a taxi, overpaid for an extremely short trip, said a quick good-bye to the other volunteer I was with who I had just met, and ran frantically to my train! I made it, with about a minute to spare! It was crazy, I should have been more careful with my times! That was the closest I ever came to missing a train. So I made it to Braila to visit with Trisha, another volunteer. I was planning on spending the night there, but we could not figure out where the bus left from, so we happened to go to the bus station and there was a bus that was leaving at about midnight from there, so I decided to go that route. I made it to the bus, and talked to the bus driver about how I needed to make a second bus in Botosani. He told me not to worry that we would be there by 5 AM, I was relieved at first, but then once in the bus, became anxious because we were making more stops than I thought were necessary. When we finally arrived in Botosani it was 5:20 and then we made what felt like 10 stops, including stopping for gas, before we made it to my station, by then it was 5:30. Luckily there was a second bus going through Trusesti and I am really lucky I said something to the driver before-hand, because he had to stop the Maxi-taxi that was leaving as it was already pulling away from the station. The important thing is that I made it home, I almost missed to different forms of Transportation on the way home, but I made it in one piece and was able to spend the day relaxing a little bit as I was thoroughly exhausted from my travels that weekend!
Oh and in case you were wondering, I went to Bucharest to get some blood work done because I was feeling a little off and tired all the time. No worries I am fine, just a little low on iron and calcium. Do you think that they are going to kick me out of Wisconsin for the low calcium thing? I sure hope not! I am starting to feel better already though and trying to make changes in my diet to be sure that I make up for these lost nutrients! Maybe the good folks of Wisconsin should send me a good ole Wisconsin cow to help with my calcium deficiency!
So that brings us to this week. Nothing too exciting happened last week, and I was to tired on Sunday to post, so here it is I guess. School went pretty good this week. There were some days where my students were just a pain in my butt, but that is behind me and I am hoping for a change this week, where it will be a little better and less stressful, we shall see if that happens. So this week in English club we had a lesson on Superheros, we created "The Last Phantom Banana Puma" who's job was to save the animals of the jungle before his evil brother "Mr. Tiger" became the king of the jungle! It was pretty fun. I also had a student tell me I was old! This is how the conversation went
Me: "Daniela you need to talk louder, I am old"
Kids: Look confused
Me: "I'm old right"
Andrei: Sighs "Yeah"
Me: Gasps in shock
Andrei: Realizes what he has just said and starts to laugh hysterically
The funniest part was not even that it was when we were in class, Andrei is in 8A group 1 and I had class with them that afternoon and the word old was actually in the vocab list, which caused him to laugh hysterically yet again. Oh some good times with my students and the silly things that they say!
The rest of the week in school was pretty uneventful, just teaching as usual, no super funny things with my students. Oh I forgot to mention that March 1st is like a holiday here in Romania, in general in Moldova they give presents to the men, and they give the women little things to put on their shirts, they have different designs and whatnot, I will try to remember to take pictures of them and put them on my facebook page. So I received a lot of pins, as well as a flower, a chocolate bar, and a gift that had basically a perfume and some make-up in it. I am wondering what will happen tomorrow at school because it is March 8th, another holiday in Romania, but this one is specifically just for women, so they generally get the gifts...we shall see what happens and I will keep you posted!
I also had my English class for adults this weekend and it was a huge success. I had 6 students this time around, and they were all excited to learn, and very proactive in class, and told me what they wanted to learn and we all worked together, and I am hopeful that it works out pleasantly in the future as well, because I feel like they really got something out of it. Which makes me happy and makes me feel that I am doing a good job here.
In addition to all of this with my regular classes, English club, Adult Lessons, I am also working on starting a secondary project which is actually quite big and will divulge more information when it actually gets underway, in addition to organizing a Spelling Bee with my counterpart, looking into grad schools, and studying for the GRE, so needless to say I have lots to keep my busy.
So I had some travel adventures this past week. I had to go down to Bucharest for a Dr.'s appointment and the trip down there was pretty uneventful. It was a night train so I just slept the whole way...or at least tried to sleep! It was a pleasant trip and nothing interesting happened...but I guess that is a good thing. So then I got to Buc and slept a little before my Dr.'s appointment because my train got in early, then wondered to the hotel after a while of chatting with other volunteers. It was actually an interesting journey to the hotel, the place where we normally stay was booked, so they had to put us volunteers into the extension place called "The Nest". So I had to wait for the guy to come get me to drive me over there, because I guess it was kind of a hike. The guy turned out to be really nice (I forgot to ask what his name was...you know me always forgetful!) but we had to stop at his other business for a little bit which was this cool little coffee bar, because he had to do some errands there. It was all cool, and I got a free cup of coffee out of the trip and the opportunity to see an interesting new place in Bucharest! If I could ever find it again I would love to go back there and try the different foods and coffees they have there. So then it was off to "The Nest" and I just had to giggle at my room. I was the last person there, so got the last and consequently the smallest room. It was tiny, but comfortable, that is all that matters and I was able to watch some of the Olympics! It so happened to be figure skating that night so it rocked because the is my favorite event! It was also nice because I was able to see some other volunteers, chat with staff, and just see some friendly familiar faces again :)
So then Saturday came around, and I thought that my train left at 9:30, well I double checked my ticket that morning, at about 8:55 and discovered it left at 9:10, super uh-oh! So I had to run to find a taxi, overpaid for an extremely short trip, said a quick good-bye to the other volunteer I was with who I had just met, and ran frantically to my train! I made it, with about a minute to spare! It was crazy, I should have been more careful with my times! That was the closest I ever came to missing a train. So I made it to Braila to visit with Trisha, another volunteer. I was planning on spending the night there, but we could not figure out where the bus left from, so we happened to go to the bus station and there was a bus that was leaving at about midnight from there, so I decided to go that route. I made it to the bus, and talked to the bus driver about how I needed to make a second bus in Botosani. He told me not to worry that we would be there by 5 AM, I was relieved at first, but then once in the bus, became anxious because we were making more stops than I thought were necessary. When we finally arrived in Botosani it was 5:20 and then we made what felt like 10 stops, including stopping for gas, before we made it to my station, by then it was 5:30. Luckily there was a second bus going through Trusesti and I am really lucky I said something to the driver before-hand, because he had to stop the Maxi-taxi that was leaving as it was already pulling away from the station. The important thing is that I made it home, I almost missed to different forms of Transportation on the way home, but I made it in one piece and was able to spend the day relaxing a little bit as I was thoroughly exhausted from my travels that weekend!
Oh and in case you were wondering, I went to Bucharest to get some blood work done because I was feeling a little off and tired all the time. No worries I am fine, just a little low on iron and calcium. Do you think that they are going to kick me out of Wisconsin for the low calcium thing? I sure hope not! I am starting to feel better already though and trying to make changes in my diet to be sure that I make up for these lost nutrients! Maybe the good folks of Wisconsin should send me a good ole Wisconsin cow to help with my calcium deficiency!
So that brings us to this week. Nothing too exciting happened last week, and I was to tired on Sunday to post, so here it is I guess. School went pretty good this week. There were some days where my students were just a pain in my butt, but that is behind me and I am hoping for a change this week, where it will be a little better and less stressful, we shall see if that happens. So this week in English club we had a lesson on Superheros, we created "The Last Phantom Banana Puma" who's job was to save the animals of the jungle before his evil brother "Mr. Tiger" became the king of the jungle! It was pretty fun. I also had a student tell me I was old! This is how the conversation went
Me: "Daniela you need to talk louder, I am old"
Kids: Look confused
Me: "I'm old right"
Andrei: Sighs "Yeah"
Me: Gasps in shock
Andrei: Realizes what he has just said and starts to laugh hysterically
The funniest part was not even that it was when we were in class, Andrei is in 8A group 1 and I had class with them that afternoon and the word old was actually in the vocab list, which caused him to laugh hysterically yet again. Oh some good times with my students and the silly things that they say!
The rest of the week in school was pretty uneventful, just teaching as usual, no super funny things with my students. Oh I forgot to mention that March 1st is like a holiday here in Romania, in general in Moldova they give presents to the men, and they give the women little things to put on their shirts, they have different designs and whatnot, I will try to remember to take pictures of them and put them on my facebook page. So I received a lot of pins, as well as a flower, a chocolate bar, and a gift that had basically a perfume and some make-up in it. I am wondering what will happen tomorrow at school because it is March 8th, another holiday in Romania, but this one is specifically just for women, so they generally get the gifts...we shall see what happens and I will keep you posted!
I also had my English class for adults this weekend and it was a huge success. I had 6 students this time around, and they were all excited to learn, and very proactive in class, and told me what they wanted to learn and we all worked together, and I am hopeful that it works out pleasantly in the future as well, because I feel like they really got something out of it. Which makes me happy and makes me feel that I am doing a good job here.
In addition to all of this with my regular classes, English club, Adult Lessons, I am also working on starting a secondary project which is actually quite big and will divulge more information when it actually gets underway, in addition to organizing a Spelling Bee with my counterpart, looking into grad schools, and studying for the GRE, so needless to say I have lots to keep my busy.
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