First week of teaching...

Monday, my first day of teaching was horrible. I was so ready to quit, but I am not one to give up that easily. So I decided to stick it out. Tuesday morning I woke up and I was DREADING going back to that school. But I did. And here it is Wednesday, and things are starting to look up.

Teaching is hard. Planning lessons, keeping kids under control, and throw in the fact they dont speak the same language. Yeah, it's crazy. And I have these two kids in my afternoon group who are always fighting. They are constantly pushing each other and yelling, coloring on one another with permanent markers. Oh, and one of the kids is know to bite when he is mad.

Well, I won the 'biter' over today. I am always trying to make him feel part of the group. I was his partner in the water balloon toss. Balloons were bursting left and right, and it was down to two groups. Well, the other teams balloon popped and we caught the winning toss. If you could only see the look on the kids face. Priceless.

The kids really are amazing though. I have made some little friends who follow me all of the playground. One little girl is named Ilaria. She is only 8 but she is always trying to pick me up. She is so tiny, yet can lift me off the ground. I have given her the nickname 'beast'. ahahaha.

Hopefully I can make it as a teacher a little while longer. But I don't think I could do it anymore than a summer. 9 hours a day with kids is tiring. So on that note, I am off to bed....