I looked at the calendar today and I am half way through training! Hard to believe I have been here for 6 weeks. In the beginning it felt like the days were crawling…now they are speeding by like nobody's business and I say to that…THANK GOD!
We are so busy it's hard to think of anything in any sort of linear time. We are required to complete certain tasks and projects while posted here in Myronivca. The project we are working on is an electronic library of TEFL resources for the English teachers at the school where we teach. On top of this we have to create and implement a 3 day English camp at the school at the end of the semester. What do I know about camps? Or kids for that matter? I am leaving this one in the hands of my very capable colleagues who have kid experience and are not so far from the cradle themselves and remember all those fun kid's games and activities.
On an off-beat note:
I wanted to mention that I have never before lived in a town where there were no traffic lights. Until now. Mironivka is a one-horse town, because so far that is all that I have seen. Seriously folks. There are many stray dogs and cats, one horse, and no traffic lights.
Crossing the street is nice here. The cars always stop for you when you are in a crosswalk. Without exception. We could learn something from these people, I think. They don’t smile at you (unless they know you) and they don’t excuse themselves when they bump into you, nor do they thank you when you hold the door for them, but they always stop when you are in the crosswalk. If you decide not to use the crosswalk, you better hurry your butt across the street because it could amount to a nasty body slam into the side of a building.
We are so busy it's hard to think of anything in any sort of linear time. We are required to complete certain tasks and projects while posted here in Myronivca. The project we are working on is an electronic library of TEFL resources for the English teachers at the school where we teach. On top of this we have to create and implement a 3 day English camp at the school at the end of the semester. What do I know about camps? Or kids for that matter? I am leaving this one in the hands of my very capable colleagues who have kid experience and are not so far from the cradle themselves and remember all those fun kid's games and activities.
On an off-beat note:
I wanted to mention that I have never before lived in a town where there were no traffic lights. Until now. Mironivka is a one-horse town, because so far that is all that I have seen. Seriously folks. There are many stray dogs and cats, one horse, and no traffic lights.
Crossing the street is nice here. The cars always stop for you when you are in a crosswalk. Without exception. We could learn something from these people, I think. They don’t smile at you (unless they know you) and they don’t excuse themselves when they bump into you, nor do they thank you when you hold the door for them, but they always stop when you are in the crosswalk. If you decide not to use the crosswalk, you better hurry your butt across the street because it could amount to a nasty body slam into the side of a building.
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