I had my first ¨I am really going to miss Spain when I leave¨ moment yesterday. This whole week I have had moments where I pause and think about the situation I have been placed in and how I have adjusted. I walk to different bars and get coffee daily, I meet with people in the city, I walk everywhere and use the bus when I need to, I know my way around, and I am beginning to understand people more and more. Also, since my 2nd week here I have never had a time where I have walked into town without seeing someone I know, and stopping to stay hi.
Thursdays are my busy days with 3, 4,5, and 1st grade classes, a meeting after school, and two private lessons at night. And tonight was also the night that many of the teachers invited me to go out with them for tapas (and in Spain when people go out they never go home before 2am). This week I have been very tired, trying to finish all of the school for UCF I have so that I don’t have to worry about it anymore. And I had felt the need for some alone time (not working.) It just so happened that Thursdays meeting was cancelled and one of my private tutoring session was also cancelled because the girl has chicken pox. So I had 3 whole hours to lay down and relax!!! Ahhh…. :) After my 6 o clock lesson I went for a night run (I feel completely safe running since old ladies and children are all walking around at night) and then returned how to get ready for the night out with my teachers!
As I left home and went into the city to meet people I KNOW, I felt this feeling of comfort…and as I was walking I saw one of my students helping his grandmother walk across the street. He looked back and saw me and said ¨HELLLLOOO Jesi (yesi).¨ This isn’t even a student I have in class but just a student I see everyday..it really is amazing the difference a teacher has in the lives of children just by showing up!
Then I met with the teachers and we went to different bars and got tapas and I ended up spending the night with three other teachers at there apartment right across from school. This morning we all woke up, had breakfast together, and went to school!
Me gusta España!!
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