Life with 3 Jobs …
November is here. October was the hardest month I’ve had abroad so far. I was waking up at 4am – 4:30am Mon to Fri to teach an adult class which meant 14 hour days all month. I also taught twice on the weekend which I will never do again! Weekend classes are okay but time off is too precious a commodity over here, and I have no intention of giving up that free time. My school managed to make a mistake on my paycheck for the 3rd month in a row which pisses me off so I have to wait until next month to get my full check. I also did a teaching demonstration at my public school. They took a video of me co-teaching the class, which made me a little nervous but it went really well. Here’s the video, it’ll probably take a while to load b.c. it’s 35 min long!
I do this job three times a week on a part time basis. I’m quite lucky to have it. My partner teacher is dedicated and very professional. She’s given me lots of advice and tips when it comes to teaching, for which I am very thankful. The children in the video are all in grade 5, they’re all really nice kids. They normally don’t see many foreigners, let alone speak to one so when I come to and from the school they always shout out hello and goodbye when they see me, sometimes from the 3rd floor! Anyways it’s a great experience and I’m pleased to give them a favorable first impression of foreigners.