So I spent a bunch of today working out where my three main schools and whether or not I can find them again... and I can! I feel relatively accomplished. In a country that believed in street signs, this would not be as impressive. However, everything here is all about landmarks: for example, you go past the gas station but not the first gas station, the second one, and turn hard left... etc etc. It's like trying to follow the directions of the flaky kid you knew in high school who couldn't remember her own phone number. Except that's the entire country. Streets don't have names or numbers except for major highways, so it can be more than a little confusing the first few times you head somewhere.
Needless to say, I'll be repeating this experiment tomorrow and Sunday as well.
I'm getting really nervous- I've been trying to prepare introduction lessons for my Junior High students but I have no idea which classes I'll be teaching on Monday, or what level they're at. It makes it tricky to know what to prepare. Oh well, I'll just make a few easily modifiable plans and come prepared to be giggled at. (This is harder than one might think.)
I'm supposed to bring in objects from home that can be shown to students for my Tuesday school, which is tricky because I really didn't bring any. I have a little bit of money (quarters and stuff) and a massive bag of Hershey's kisses which I'm not allowed to hand out. I'm planning on bringing those in for the teachers, at any rate, so hopefully they like chocolate.
I'm meeting up with some pre-existing ALTs this evening, so maybe they have some tips.
On the cheerful side, this is what I see when I go outside my door... so it's not all nervous energy over here. And actually, I'm enjoying the hell out of myself, freaking out about first classes and all.
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