It has been nice hearing from all of you about my new place. I enjoy it more and more each day. It is nice to have my own space and feel at home (not that I didn't have the same thing at Julio and Edita's). It's been interesting getting back into the swing of things here in Valladolid. It is so much different than from being in California and at times I find myself acting differently or doing things differently than I would in California, but none of this is bad. It is nice to know I can assimilate well into the Spanish culture. :)
I just finished my first week of school and it has been wonderful. I loved every minute of it. I finally have a definite schedule now and I am pretty happy with it.
This year I will be teaching mostly English except for the two classes I will teach History. I don't have the workshop class this year. I am teaching English to two groups of 1ESO (the first year of high school and they are also new to the school). Four of my students from the workshop class I taught last year are with me this year which makes me feel great that they got into the bilingual program. I believe 3 more (out of 12) also were accepted into the bilingual program at the high school, but aren't in my class. The rest of the workshop students either are going to different schools or they did not apply to be in English classes. I am also teaching both 2ESO classes in English (these were my favorite students from the previous year) and one class of 3ESO in English. In History I'm teaching the other 3ESO class and one of the 1ESO classes I'm teaching in English.
I have been having a great time getting to know the incoming students who are a lot of fun and have so many questions for me which shows me I will have no problem with participation from them. Also, my students from last year gave me a very sweet and warm welcome back. They were just as excited to see me as I was to see them. All in all it has been great.
I will make sure to keep you all posted. For the moment nothing new. I'm starting to plan trips for this year because our holidays are soon this year. I have a 5 day break from October 8-12 and I need some suggestions. Where would you go on a small budget for 4-5 days? (FYI: I have already been to: UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, Portugal and Greece)
Love, Celeste
1 comment:
1. I am so jealous that you have such a great job! I wish there was the exact same program in Germany!
2. It's not exactly for a small budget, but you should go to Scandinavia if you get the chance (preferably Sweden!)
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