formation-ing

I thankfully woke up on time this morning (well, I did fall back asleep for another 10 minutes, but that's much better than my recent sleeping in catastrophes!) and got to my formation (in-service) 10 minutes early. Of course, nothing starts on time here, so I would have been fine if I had gotten there 30 minutes later, but oh well....

On the whole, today was ok. I felt like I got more out of the activities they showed us because I know what kinds of activities I need to keep an eye out for.... It's funny to think back to those first two in-service days. I didn't want to admit this then, but I think I kind of felt overwhelmed trying to figure out what it was that I was supposed to be teaching. We were given a confusing rubric... that some of my teachers seemed to be following and others not so much. But after getting to know my teachers and students better, I've come to understand that pretty much whatever and however I want to teach English (as long as I ok the activity with them first, which they usually do), I'm on the right track! I think for the most part my teachers are just glad to have some new/extra English input/support... so I don't try to stress myself out about it. But getting new ideas on how to use mostly visual and oral activities or games is always good... so I can't complain!

I'm back home now... ready to start my 3 day weekend, before another 3 day week:) Having a real 5 day/ 7:30-4:30 job with a 25 minute lunch break or less next year is going to be.... a big change. I better enjoy it while it lasts!

Reste cool:)