My First Day of School

So, I have survived my first day at my new school. It is a 360° turn from Wonderland. I thought today was going to be a disaster. I couldn't fall asleep and I was worried I was going to be tired in the afternoon, but I got through the day okay. I have 3 classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This compared with Wonderland where I taught 9 classes a day.

My kindy kids are really cute and seem to adjust well to my being their new teacher. I teach them on and off all morning. Classes go from 9:30 till 2:20. Still about the same as Wonderland except that I only had to deal with two 70 mins classes instead of all morning. The good thing is that the kids get playtime so it breaks up how long they have to sit still.

My afternoon classes were pratically a breeze. A bunch of kids are away because last week was their vacation. I had 2 kids in one class and 4 in another. The books are fairly straight forward and the Korean teachers practically hand you the lesson plans. They have a lesson Journal to remark how the kids are doing, etc. Similar to Wonderland, but I think they actually take this seriously.

I will have more students as the week progresses as each teacher teaches a particular subject for kindy. I am the arts and crafts teacher. I am using the same arts and crafts as I did in Wonderland. I hope they are better stocked than the ones at Wonderland. This ought to be interesting.

One day down and a ton more to go. I have lesson plans to work on. I really need to get a desk and chair, typing on my bed is a really bad idea. I have to find recycle city tomorrow and scope out what they have. They are like a second hand store.