I am sitting here in the new office, with a nice view (well it would be nice without the haze so that I could actually see things!), enjoying the air con and procrastinating!
Summer classes begin tomorrow and I received my schedule yesterday. I am taking 2 Primary Level 1 classes, 1 Primary Level 2 class and a Kindergarten Level 1 class, also an Interchange Level 1 class. Tomorrow, I have all of the Primary classes and the Kindergarten class. I will have these classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and the other class on Thursday and Saturday, leaving Tuesday and Sunday as my new days off. So ... that means I have 3 classes to plan for tomorrow (luckily that two of them are the same class, otherwise I'd have to prepare 4 classes!), I have a test to write as my Primary Level 3 class is finishing and also write reports for that class. I have lots of work to do, and what am I doing .... anything but much work. At least over the summer semester as I am rostered to work more than 20 hours, I will get paid some sweet overtime, meaning I will be rich, meaning that I should ensure I put more money into my savings account! But I shouldn't get too excited yet, as apparently overtime is calculated monthly and they could work out a way to diddle all of us out of overtime somehow .. maybe .. who knows!
I have already taken a Primary Level 2 class, the Primary Level 1 class shouldn't be too hard (I have sat in and watched Craig take a primary level 1 class multiple times) and the Kindergarten ... well ... Level 1 meaning they really don't know any english! This could be really fun as long as the kids aren't babies and don't cry because they don't like me and want their mummy because they are too young to be learning a new language. It will be an accomplishment though to hear them start talking in english. The only thing is, the class is 2 hours!!! 2 whole hours!!!!!! If you have any brilliant game ideas, please let me know as I think it will be all games, games and games and I don't think I have enough game ideas to keep the kids interested for 6 hours a week without getting too repetitive.
I have no idea what Matt's schedule will be like or what classes he will be taking. He will get his schedule today and I'm sure I will find out soon enough.
