Days 31- 34 Almost there!

I cannot believe that my two weeks of responsible teaching is coming to an end tomorrow. It seems like it has been a month of teaching with all of the lesson planning and various assignments I have due back to UA or "uni" as the Australians like to call it!

Monday, February 27th

After a long weekend, I woke up feeling a bit under the weather. Just very exhausted, and teaching five lessons will definitely wear you out. After school I rushed home and got straight into bed and woke up feeling rather than chipper. I decided I would give a boxing class a shot, I walked quickly to the bus stop only to realize the last bus out leaving would be far too late to travel on by myself. So instead, I opted for a nice workout in the park. Janette, Steve, and Ryan were out for a scholarship dinner for Katherine where she won $4,000! It felt a bit strange having the house all to myself. Fortunately, I was able to get plenty of work done and a good night's rest before another day of school.

Tuesday, February 28th

Tuesdays and Thursdays are always quite nice, only three classes to teach the whole day. However, with a particular student I had some behavior issues. I unfortunately had to stay with him after school which I really didn't want to do, but I think it taught him a lesson.

After school, I was absolutely pooped. I came home for a snack and turned on my TV in my lounge area for the second time since I have been here. Low and behold of all things that could be on in Australia, NASCAR was the first channel I turned to. I giggled a bit to myself thinking how funny it was that I was sitting in Australia watching the Daytona 500. I also had another lovely surprise for me in store- cards from my wonderful Grandbunny. I think she was starting to get worried they would never get here! I absolutely love getting things in the mail, it really does put a smile on my face!

Wednesday, February 29th

Leap Day! Or as my teachers like to call it "another day to work without getting paid" day! Hey, I was just relieved the weekend was almost here. I spent my morning completing some final assessments with my target student "Michael." I was pleasantly surprised with how willing he was to work. I started to skip a couple of the tougher assessments, but he insisted we give them a shot, and we did. Wednesdays are also nice because I only teach one class, which I had my teacher observe and got an A+! You can ask Will and my family how nervous I have been about this observation, so it was quite the relief! I came home and started on more work for school, there really doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day, not even during leap year!

Thursday, March 1st

February flew by quite quickly! I awoke to a new month and nice cool morning, I even threw on a sweatshirt to keep warm. I can already tell this cool weather is going to make it tough to get out of bed in the morning... My teacher is away at a wedding, so today I was flying completely solo. It was nice to see what teaching would be like on my own and everything went extremely well! My student I had trouble with earlier in the week came in with the best attitude and ON TIME!

After teaching, I had the afternoon at school to prepare for my lessons tomorrow which was nice because I was able to get things done and spend the afternoon at the galleria! I was able to find some great things to wear out on the weekends. Oh and I came home to another lovely surprise, a birthday card from Lib. It really is so wonderful to know how many people really do care about you and take the time to send a card halfway around the world. :)

Tomorrow is my last day of responsible teaching which I am shocked to say- I think I am really going to miss it. However, I am anxious to begin my new placement on the 12th with the elementary age students, I love working with the younger students. Tomorrow after school I am riding with my supervisor to pick up Stacey from the airport. We have quite the weekend planned, hopefully she won't be too jet lagged! Hope you all are having a fabulous week back in the U-S-A. Miss you all!!