Sarah Smile......Even Though.......

Another week down! Not that I'm counting or anything....(lol)

This week was very interesting, and by midweek, I had to "speak up" and share some of my concerns with my co-teacher (at the middle school).

Where should I begin? I will share only a few of the "mishaps" from the week......

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday students had to take exams, which meant that Monday and Tuesday students (and teachers) would be dismissed early.  Monday I came to work, dressed as usual....slacks, nice shirt, and of course....heels.  I noticed as other teachers were coming in that they had on jeans, sweaters, tennis shoes.  While was making this observation I thought, It's cool, they are dressed down because students are testing and they don't have to teach.....right? WRONG!  How about we were supposed to go HIKING! In the MOUNTAINS! How do you go hiking in the mountains with slacks and heels? Ha! Ha! YOU DON'T!  Lucky me though, I ended up not having to go (but I did want to go if I would have had on the right gear), because I had to take care of some business at the bank...that took almost 2 hours!

I found out Wednesday that I had to pay for my lunch, only after the monthly bill was brought to me.  When Mrs. Cheoung gave it to me, I said, "Whoa, hold on.  Please tell me what this is."  She explained it was the lunch fees for eating in the cafeteria.  Mind you, I never eat all of the food, only the rice and side dish (1 side dish out of like 5) as long as it isn't pork or beef.  I kindly told her that I would bring my lunch from here on out but still plan to sit and eat with the other teachers.

Despite all this confusion, when I finally saw my kids on Thursday I was all smiles!  They were just as excited to see me as I was them.  Since they had just finished rigorous testing, I decided to teach them some games.  And of course there had to be a prize for the winners......Snickers!  


I was all smiles again today after work because I found another supermarket waaaayyyy cheaper than the one by my apartment, AND they have identifiable items to eat!  AND I found a gym!!!!  Whoo-hoo!!!!!  It's on top of the supermarket!

Students playing "Bang!" after 3 LONG days of testing.