Last week was my first day of teaching. Yes, teaching. About 250 three, four, and five year olds. I'm now working at an elementary school here in Madrid as an English language teaching assistant. What all does that mean you ask? I'm not entirely sure yet, but basically I spend 3 days every week at the school rotating between the 9 classes teaching English (and by teaching I really mean talking with some kids understanding what I'm saying, others not so much). I've been singing a lot of songs and playing a lot of games. I even get to play outside with them during recess.
So the new addition to my blog - my journal entries of each day I work in the school, written in Spanish. Because I am working there to receive credit hours I have some requirements, one of them being journal entries each day. There's some other stuff too, but not quite sure what all yet.
So far, I absolutely love it. Will I ever be a teacher? No. But, for the first time since I've been here I actually feel like I'm really "doing something". Even though I'm the English teacher, I'm still learning a ton of Spanish from listening to the kids and teachers, as well as talking to them during my breaks and because the kids (of course) don't understand everything I say, I'm usually giving instructions in Spanish as well as English.
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