Happy October! (Already!?)
This week I've had my first experiences with real teaching, rather than the previous weeks of mostly sitting at the back of the classroom and introducing myself to every class, regardless of whether I had met them before. Children all look the same, okay? They're all reserved, suspicious, and kind of hostile until you get them to talk to you, and I can't tell any of them apart, let alone learn their names. As I still didn't have a timetable, I was informed of my Monday off work on Sunday evening, via WhatsApp. Difficult though it has been, I am finally beginning to get over the utter weirdness of WhatsApping with teachers - teachers should email! Or talk to face to face! Not text or use instant messaging for goodness sake! After a day of freedom, on Monday evening I was informed, via the same medium, that I had a class the next day. So, I turned up to that class feeling fresh and ready for another hour and a half of sitting in the classroom and possibly reading out a ...