School Days

I have now been teaching, for real, for about a week and i am starting to get a feel for the classes that I have. Most of my kids are good, academically and behavioral. Some you can see the evil in their eyes. I haven't had too many problems yet. I have kicked out three kids and have given four detentions. Detentions are bad for me because there is not a room to put them in at the moment. So if I want to give one then it has to be in my room which means that i have to give up my lunch. I have a desk and white erase boards and a set of class books. The kids still do not have books of their own or lockers.

One of the most etntertaining things is teaching PE. Yesterday I played basketball against some of the eleventh graders. I was actually one of the better players. It felt very strange. I also play futbol and throw the frisbee around. That is all that I have done so far. In a few weeks we will start a unit for American football. It is really funny because a female teacher and I are the head teachers for around 300 students. Everything is up to us.

Life here is still going well. I joined a course at the local community center taking arabic. I am hoping that, according to the five year plan, once I am back in the states wherever i go to grad school will accept arabic as a form of Mediteranean Studies instead of having to take Greek or Latin. Either way it will be nice to have so that one day I can snap on a kid in class and do it in arabic. I haven't been doing much lately, just preparing to teach and going out around town. Hope things are going well in the states.