I find it interesting how I had all the time in the world this summer and yet had nothing to write about and I am now bursting with information and yet have little time or energy to share it. Anyway, after a week of classes I can definitely say I am getting my money's worth here. The classes are long and intensive and leave me drained but content in the realization that I am learning necessary skills for teaching. They way I look at it there are three major issues standing in my way. I don't speak Czech. I am not a teacher, and I have never been the best at knowing grammar rules. So, when I find myself in the classroom I am often teaching a subject I do not know to people who speak a language I do not know. No wonder I'm being a bit stretched here. On the plus side I am by no means alone in my position. We have history majors here, science majors, philosopher and students who don't even speak English as their first language. And yet somehow it works.
Needless to say I have been busy here. So busy in fact that I have not had time to miss home very much. I know this sounds horrible but its the honest truth. Every street corner I pass brings a new view to me as is every bit of information crammed into my cranium. A ten hour day in the classroom has been the norm rather then the exception so far and after that creating lesson plans, and reading up on whatever homework assignment thrown in front of me. This said, thoughts of Ohio have been few and far between.
The subway system closes at two in the morning here and believe it or not that has been an issue for me on two occasions now. At two o'clock in the morning yesterday I was dancing away in a club in old town Prague with about 20 0f my new TEFL classmates... A good time was had by all. We ended up at a KFC at three, waited for the subway to open up again at five and I finally got to bed at six in the morning. This is so not my M.O. By the way KFC's are not always KFC"s, and Coka-Cola is not alway Coke. And while the differences my be minor I prefer the American counterparts. Also, strangely enough in a land filled with beef there are hardly any burgers to be found here. What?
I may be heading to Munich next weekend for October fest! Why Germans celebrate October fest in late September I may never know... A group of us are heading "up"? there on Friday, staying at a Munich hostel, and coming back Sunday evening. I have absolutely no idea what to expect but its gonna be an experience. I guess thats really why I'm here. To experience the world before I have to settle done, find a job and all that fun stuff so many people my age are now trying to do. I'm just not ready for that... yet.
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