first day of school, again...
Spent 5 hours on the bus and 1 hour on the Tube today. Why? To commute to Coventry to give some new postgrads an introduction to Warwick Uni. I was asked to give the 'international perspective' on how it was to adjust to England, and Warwick Uni specifically. It was hard to remember those days, and lots of me didn't want to. But I was honest. I said I was terrifed. I remember the culture shock. I remembered feeling stupid, and isolated, and all wondering why I'd decided to leave not just my city or state...but my country.
It all went really well in the end. People laughed at parts of my speech that I didn't even mean to be funny. I realised how far I'd come in two years, and how lucky I was to be out here. A couple students even came up to me afterwards and thanked me, which was amazing.
And now, I have tomorrow to relax, and then the start of term tomorrow. This is my first time ever teaching, and I've had NO training. I'm again reliving the culture shock. What did these undergrads learn during A-Levels? How was this different from my high school experience? What do I do when I walk in that first day of class?
I fear that I'll be updating less and less, and I think more and more of this blog might be me coming to grips with teaching. Therefore, more and more of these posts will unfortunately become FRIENDS ONLY<. Mostly, I hate this idea, but I'm sure you can understand all the reasons why this is necessary. And so...
If I haven't already friended you and you think I should, TELL ME! I'm shit about keeping up to date with this. I think most of my Chicago friends have accounts by now, but if not then you'll have to in order to read these posts...
K, that's all for now. First day of term is Monday. Keep your fingers crossed for me, folks...
It all went really well in the end. People laughed at parts of my speech that I didn't even mean to be funny. I realised how far I'd come in two years, and how lucky I was to be out here. A couple students even came up to me afterwards and thanked me, which was amazing.
And now, I have tomorrow to relax, and then the start of term tomorrow. This is my first time ever teaching, and I've had NO training. I'm again reliving the culture shock. What did these undergrads learn during A-Levels? How was this different from my high school experience? What do I do when I walk in that first day of class?
I fear that I'll be updating less and less, and I think more and more of this blog might be me coming to grips with teaching. Therefore, more and more of these posts will unfortunately become FRIENDS ONLY<. Mostly, I hate this idea, but I'm sure you can understand all the reasons why this is necessary. And so...
If I haven't already friended you and you think I should, TELL ME! I'm shit about keeping up to date with this. I think most of my Chicago friends have accounts by now, but if not then you'll have to in order to read these posts...
K, that's all for now. First day of term is Monday. Keep your fingers crossed for me, folks...