Thinky Thoughts
So, Graham is moving too...he is definitely NOT happy about it. He'll also be changing from Elementary to Junior High School. He posted a nasty post on facebook that dissapeared about 30 minutes later. I'm not sure where he'll be moving to.
I'm not against moving...I'm moving much closer to the plant and will now be in a town with a beach...about a 10 minute walk from the beach. I was told that the tsunami had come right up to the building but didn't cause any damage. So that means that any time there is a largish earthquake I will have to check the tsunami warnings. It also means that while teaching in....crap I can't think of the name of the town now...I'll have to watch the radiation level. I'm not sure if the kids Hisanohama! (that's it!) have been given radiation meters or not..I know a lot of kids closer to the plant have. I have also heard that one of the schools in Hisanohama has been moved to another town for that very reason.... I will have to check on that!
Anyway, the main reason I'm dissapointed about moving is that since I won't be teaching elementary school anymore I will not longer be the T1 (primary English Teacher) which has been my role since last August. I will now be the T2 (assistant teacher) which sometimes ends up being a human voice recorder. I hope I will be able to be more invovled with the kids in the classroom. I've gotten used to being in control. I decide what to teach and how to teach it and if I'm going to skip over stuff or repeat stuff. But I won't have that control at the new schools. There will be a Japanese teacher whose job is to teach English, and I will be her helper. It's kind of like getting demoted, even though I know that's not the case here.
I'm hoping that I am worrying over nothing and I will love my new placement! But right now I can't help but worry. Now I also have to pack everything up and find boxes for things that don't have boxes (like my DVD player that never had a box) and my printer, etc. I will have to basically start all over from scratch! Meet 3 or 4 new sets of teachers, make a brand new Self Intro (as Justin, the guy I'm replacing, is also from Ottawa) and gear it to older students, basically everything I did last year for my little guys now has to be redone with older students in mind.
I also have one hell of a cold and my poor ear is killing me!! and that's making me cranky and grumpy which isn't helping! lol I can't hear out of my right ear. I hope this passes really soon! It's already been 4 days! jeez.
Ok, well enought complaining for now.