Two Down...

Well, I have completed my first two days of teaching, and I am exhausted! In the past two days I have taught 10 classes of three different levels: first year, second year, and third year of English at three different schools. Every single class is at a different level, even is they are at the same school. It was a little difficult for me to know where to start. I had one third year class that blew me away with how much they knew. Then there was another that was fine with reviewing how to intoduce yourself.

Most of the kids are great! The little ones who are 8 and 9 (so not that little) are so cute. There is one little boy who is missing both of his front teeth. He is having trouble pronouncing anything in English, but when he smiles he is just the cutest! They are so eager to learn, and they were the ones who asked me the most questions when I did a little introduction about the US. Although there was one little girl who asked if I was English at the end. I then had to repeat that I was in fact American, so I am not sure how much they understood.

Of course there has to be one class that is difficult. For me it is one class of second years, and all they do is talk all the time. It is so hard, but when I observed that class they did the same thing with their teacher. I hope they will get better in the upcoming weeks.

I think my bedroom is almost ready...finally! They have fixed the wall and put up new wall paper. It is bright orange, so it will clash quite nicely with all the colors on my bed. Now they are putting in a new wood floor. I was happy about that because the carpet was absolutely disgusting after they fixed the wall. The guy came this afternoon, so I hope I will be able to finally move into it tomorrow on my day off. There is no elementary school on Wednesdays here. Instead they go to school on Saturday morning, but I don't have to work on Saturday or Wednesday.

So on my day off I can move all my stuff while I wait for the cable guy to come install the internet and everything. Then is only 10 days until I can use the internet!

Today marks exactly 4 weeks that I have been in France. It is crazy how fast time went by! It will be time to go back home for Christmas in no time!

I would like to end with a word of advice to anyone who ever makes a call to the US from France. Never use your credit card on the payphone. I had to do it when I arrived because my phone cards didn't work, so my five minute call home to my parents cost me 35 bucks! I can't believe how much money the phone company made at 7 dollars a minutes. Just remember to always have a phone card that works!