First Day of Work

Yesterday I was finally cleared to go into school and start working, my boss was finally convinced that I did not have H1N1. At work I started to learn the operations of the job. What paperwork I had to fill out, how you prepare for classes, where materials are, etc…Additionally, I started observing the classes I would be teaching. I think my observation was probably an unrealistic representation of what I would be teaching because many of the younger classes were totally distracted by the fact that I was there.

At one point Alex, one of my Canadian co-workers, came upstairs and asked me to come down to one of his classes. He had told his students that there was a new teacher with “yellow hair” and was met with disbelief. His students insisted that it was not possible. I went down to the class and all of the students stared at me for a few moments and then went back to running around the classroom. Alex was told later by one of his older students, Wolfgang (who is obsessed with Lady Gaga), that I was a very handsome man. Another students chimed in and said that my “face should be registered as a lethal weapon.” When Alex asked him why the student simply replied: “Very sharp.”

Overall the day went very well and I am getting excited to start doing real work. I also very nervous about teaching my own classes, I have not really been a teacher in this kind of classroom. I have performed training at my former job, and I of course taught classes at the summer camp I worked at, but neither of those were as long term as this. I feel like I have a lot more to live up to, which makes me want to go in and kick ass everyday. But, I have to figure out what kicking ass in this situation looks like.

All that aside, the students seem very bright and motivated, I also have previewed some of the material I will be teaching and I am excited to present it. I’m stoked.