I’m wrapping up a couple of mid-week days off thanks to some quirks in my schedule. The last two days I’ve been chilling out locally. Today was a rainy day, so I mainly stayed inside working on paperwork, reading books, listening to music, and cooking. Yesterday the weather was much better, and I spent almost an hour sitting at the beach in the sun enjoying the cool fall weather. Watching the ocean and hearing the waves hitting the shore (even small waves) is a pretty good way to recharge my batteries for the next course. <\/p>\n
I’m pretty happy with my new classroom. They converted a big work area that was sitting empty, and even after they cut the area in half I still have a huge office and another big area to work with group students. I’m a little leery of having so much space. It is essentially a giant private office, and I am guessing that it is probably bigger than the company president’s office. While I am very happy with all the extra space – the last two years I’ve been teaching in a small windowless room on the second floor – I’m hoping that what they are getting out of the class justifies the setup. I’ve got to find a way to use the space up, otherwise it may disappear in the future…<\/p>\n
As for my students, I met only a few of them on Monday but it looked like a good group so far. I can tell I’m going to enjoy the group lessons, but the preparation is going to be much more for them. I may go in to work early the next few weeks in order to spend time on some backup lesson plans and activities for them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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