My cold got better several days ago, but I’ve been doing stuff all the time. The teaching is going well. I’m enjoying it and the students seem to be enjoying it as well. The only real problem is that I don’t really know which class I’ll be teaching when I get to work. The principle did make a schedule for me, but it was immediately ignored and things were shifted around so much that it doesn’t make any sense any more. I’ve walked into several classes and had to ask “Which level is this?” It’s not too bad once I have the correct book, the lessons are pretty much all right there. I read out of the book, demonstrate their examples, and then answer questions. Even if the class starts out hectic, it always settles down into a good class by the end.<\/p>\n
My apartment stuff is pretty much taken care of. I’ll be moving into it in January. It’s only $100 a month! My only difficult thing now is coming up with the first three months rent and the price of all of the furnishings. I’m over a bit of a barrel, if I don’t buy the stuff, the landlord will and then he’ll charge more per month since it’ll be a “furnished” apartment. I’ve got until the first week of December to come up with the money. After I do this, the money will not be a problem, but this big purchase and three months rent is a big chunk…<\/p>\n
I’m doing well with the new teacher. Every once in a while, he is unable to explain a new word well enough and we have to resort to a dictionary, but most of the time it isn’t a problem. Being forced to speak in Arabic all the time, even about grammar, is making my brain work, and hurt on occasion.<\/p>\n
My time is suddenly at a premium. That’s a huge difference from before. It used to be I’d have two hours of class and then the rest of the time was mine. Now I’ve got the two hours of class, teaching is taking up about 4 hours (with commuting time), and then I’ve got homework, I have to eat (and getting down Hadda or cooking takes time), and I have to attempt to prepare for teaching. I’ve got a window of time every day for using the internet, but it keeps getting squeezed. Anyway, it’s good to be doing productive stuff again, but I forgot how much time it uses up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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