First days teaching

I am pleased to say that I have now finished my first two days of teaching English. Yesterday I taught a conversation class, which was unobserved, and un graded and basically the point is to get the students talking and interested in whatever topic you chose for the class. I picked relationships and for the first activity had them create a personal add and then go around meet other people in the class. The students really liked the class and it was a great first experience for me as a teacher.

Today I had my first real class to teach, I got off pretty easy because I didn’t have to present a new grammar topic or anything new. It was a reading comprehension day so we did some activities that centered around the story the had to read. I was really nervous but apparently it didn’t show because my evaluator said that he liked my presence in the room and that I did a great job working with them. Obviously I have a lot to learn but I got a 9 out of 10 so I was happy with myself.

I have been meeting a lot of cool people. My closer friends in the class are a girl from Hawaii named Allison, Emily who is from New Mexico, and Dave who is from Mane. Today for lunch we all took our little packed lunches and walked over to the square in front of the cathedral and sat on a bench to eat. Its really cool being right in the center of the downtown historic Guadalajara… although it can be a little sketchy at times for the most part its really cool. Tomorrow I teach another class, somehow I got a busy schedule for the first days, but I’m not complaining. Everyone has to teach 10 observed classes, teach 1 one on one class, and two conversation classes. I guess I’m getting mine out of the way quicker.

And yes, I moved back in with my old host family on Tuesday. Although I am staying in a room that’s really isn’t a room, more of a wide hallway with doors, I am much happier here than at my old home. Because really, my room has a bed and that’s all I need, and the house has internet and cable tv (and there happens to be a tv in the little den where the internet cables are). The food is also amazing, I feel bad thou, my stomach shrank because I basically ate nothing the 4 days I was living at the other house and now I cant eat all the delicious food my mama gives me. Oh well, in time I will be able to eat it all and more!