Monday, October 20, 2008

Getting Adjusted

Well, I had my first weekend here. Friday night I attended a Bible study here at the house. It was a little bit intimidating because they kept calling on me to answer in Spanish. Then Friday night I went to a McCafe..which we don´t have at home. It´s just a McDonald´s Cafe. They dont serve food, just hot drinks and have couches and wifi. Then, Saturday I went to a big sports thing, much like the X Games. We watched biking, skateboarding, paintballing, breakdancing, climbed a rock wall, and ate food. Sunday, I went to church for a little while and then went to watch a soccer game of one of the boys I´m living with. It was fun, and then we went to the mall, which made me feel like I was at home. Plus, I got ice cream for the first time since I´ve been here. And you all know me...I was DYING for ice cream! haha.
Today I had another great day at the school, getting to know the kids and teacher a little better. I worked a lot with one girl from Korea, who hardly knows any English at all. I feel really bad for her, because I was working on synonyms with her. But almost every word, she didn´t even know what the original word meant that she needed to come up with a synonym for. The class I´m with has a lot of struggling students, and my co op seems so glad to have me help her out. Today I got chicken nuggets and fries for lunch, which I was very happy about. Friday I got something that I didn´t really like. And then we don´t eat dinner. Lunch is their main meal here, and then they eat a light snack like toast and coffee before bed. So you all know me...I LOVE to eat! so this is a big adjustment. Well, I´m still missing you all, but I´m surviving!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nicole! I'm so glad to hear that you made it okay and are adjusting! It sounds wonderful there! Your children sound really sweet and being in a happy, Christian school is a nice place to end your student teaching! Good luck this week!!! :)

Tiffany