Let me rewind.
The agency through which I'm employed, contacted me thursday for work monday. I carefully planned my route, leaving ample time to get there. But Melbourne city transit is the pitts and everything was late. For the 9 o'clock start, I walked in the door at 8:55 instead of 8:30!
The day was kicked off with assembly which was basically run by the kids. There were presentations from the compost team, the water team, the sun smart team...Leadership at it's finest and values I could identify with!
Back in the class, students worked on their laptops researching Democracy. I was able to add 2 cents in about Canada and some started to look into that.
Morning recess was 1/2 an hour! I had a break. Then we peddled away at some math and corrected as we went. When lunch came, I was on yard duty (but I didn't have a hat!) and ended up with a small crying boy in my care. He held my hand as we walked around in the sun.
We worked for 40 minutes longer after lunch and by 2:45 it was time to pack up! The students had a dance class for the last period every Monday. We learned the Men in Black dance (yes from the Will Smith video) and it was time to go. Let me just say, when it comes to pop culture, Australia is in a bizarre time warp situation!
I think I'm going to like leaving school at 3:30!!
This right here makes me jealous! I've always wanted to learn that dance.
ReplyDeleteSigh... Had to add the part about walking around in the sun...