Well, the first week went fine. There was a happy ceremony in the park Wednesday where all of the new teachers were introduced and the new students were welcomed. There was also some singing and a couple of skits.
Then, Thursday, the real work started and I had two new classes and one from last year by the end of Friday. They seem like good kids, but I'm pushing discipline a little bit more from the beginning than I did last year. Teaching was fine most of the time, don't get me wrong, but the noise and attention levels in the classes could certainly be improved. Thus, I'm devoting most of these first two weeks to talking about rules and expectations, and I don't think it's going overboard at all.
A night of relaxing and hanging out at some cafes last night has led to an even better Saturday, disturbed only by some pretty annoying people at the internet club. Somebody is playing every song their cell phone has and the rap music behind me has only recently stopped pounding at me. It's all well and good though, shows how great the rest of the day has been.
And it'll be more of the same tomorrow. It's all about recharging and getting myself back into teaching shape. It's coming along well.
Posted by Rob at September 18, 2004 07:53 PM