Today was our first offical day as teachers (and we got our first paycheck). It was a very interesting and eye opening day. I am teaching the grade 8's who for the most part are really well behaved and a pleasure to have. Today I focused on getting to know one another and looked at our educational and life goals. At first it was really difficult to get them to give some input on things, such as class rules, but as the morning went on things got better. At lunch Greg and I discussed are mornings and I was telling him what a wonderful morning I had. Greg's on the other hand was not so great. He is teaching the grade 9's and they are quite a mixed group. Some kids really want to succeed and do something with their lives, while others don't care and would rather be doing anything outside of school.
After hearing how Greg's morning was I was uneasy about my afternoon with the grade 9's. For the first part of the afternoon the students were fabulous. We were laughing and getting along great. I wasn't really sure what Greg was talking about. Then all of a sudden things changed. The students just stopped wanting to work. They got up and wandered around and just wouldn't concentrate. It is like they hit a brick wall. Needless to say the latter part of the afternoon was challenging and we are tired. Hopefully tomorrow will be better and the students were just testing us and they will listen better tomorrow.
This evening we had a staff pot luck. There was so much food there. It was really funny because all of a sudden there was a ton of people there, we said grace, they ate and they were gone. Just like that. Oh and they all took huge plates of leftovers. It was awesome. The staff here are also really friendly. I am really liking it here. If things get a little better with the students then things will be perfect.
Keep praying for us :)
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