I know, I should be ashamed how long it took me to write something again.
But we had a lot of work, preparing lessons, writing reflections etc. So a small recap of what happened last week.I have been teaching quite a lot of lessons, a lot of them are co-teaching with teachers, and I think you really learn a lot from this. I met a lot of different types of pupils, which also was very interesting, because you get an idea on how to handle different people. It was also nice to see courses you normally don't get to see in Belgium. I especially liked Food technology and Photography. When I saw the photographs of those pupils, I got so jealous, so I decided to take a Photography course next year.
Besides teaching, we went to see the Performing Arts Festival at Groby. They have a lot of talent at the college, and I was really surprised of what I got to see: great dancers, people who composed their own piano song which gave me goosebumps, great singers,... Unfortunately, there were a lot of younger pupils interrupting the performances by their constant chatting and there was an accident with former Groby pupils who disturbed a performance. But pupils came to apologize in place of these younger students, telling us this was the first time things like these happened.
After the Festival, we went to Leicester to meet with Sophie. We first went to a bar, which was qsuite nice but unfortunately the musci was too loud so we couldn't understand each other. After that we went to a pub, which was very nice and more peaceful. I even got the "Yellow Card", a kind of student card so you can get cheaper drinks in that bar.
After closing time (yes pubs do close quite early here) we went to a pita bar for our late night hunger. This wasn't such a big success because i could still taste the pita the morning after.On Saturday, we went to Leicester to do some final shopping. I guided Thomas through the Blu Ray- division of the HMV by phone, so I don't think our films will eventually be cheaper than at home.
On Sunday we all worked hard for the upcoming school week.Now it's back to our school routine, teaching and helping teachers out.
Write to you soon! (well, at least a lot sooner than I did now!)
Evi
