We have been teaching for 3 days now. The first day was hectic-as expected. I actually did really good for my first day teaching :) the second day I did kinda bad, and today I did good. My lesson today was the 3 little pigs and the big bad wolf. They LOVED IT!! And today was the first day we used token bags and starboards. It helped them all to behave better. The kids are so cute and sweet and I love them all, even the ones who I want to slap.
We eat at the school every day (except weekends). Right now we eat at least 2 meals a day. Usually we always eat lunch and lunch usually always consists of soup. Today it was beat soup- borsch. It was surprisingly good. Sometimes the soup is chicken noodle (russian style) And there is some sort of meat, or something with meat included in the meal. I like it all except that breakfast is always questionable.
Tonight when we left the school they gave us 2000 rubles!! That’s like 60 bucks…just for our weekend groceries!! So as soon as our bus driver dropped us off we got on the metro and went to the bus station and hopped on a bus that we THOUGHT was taking us to the huge grocery store we had been dreaming about. We drove, and drove and then our heads turned as we drove RIGHT on past the grocery emporium. luckily we got off at the next stop and walked to the store.
The store is pronounced “Ah-shaun” it is HUGE! Its like a super walmart/Costco/home depot. It has almost everything you’ll ever need. It was so fun! when we left we didn’t know where to catch the bus back home, so we walked back to the bus stop where we got off…which didn’t make sense because it was on the wrong side of the road. This meant we had to cross the road- or should I say freeway. Yes, we ran across 4 lanes of traffic!! I was real nervous, but I just went when Julie went, but Julie went at the STUPIDEST time. It didn’t help much that it was dark and it was pouring down rain! If I would have went even a little bit slower, I would have got hit by the car honking at us! Jenny and Melissa were smart. when me and Julie got across we looked behind us to find them two strolling across the freeway. No big deal.
The whole purpose for coming to Russia was to tach little kids English, and now that I have finally started teaching, i am really looking forward to these next few months. I am also looking forward to all the extra curricular activites! We are currently planning our trips to Sweeden, Finland, and Estonia! Can't wait.
also, here is the video i made a couple weeks ago:
also, here is the video i made a couple weeks ago:
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