first impression of permantent site
May 18th, 2005 by bulgaria1020.The staff at my new site are great. All the teachers except for one are women. They dont speak a lot of english so i have a feeling that either i get my language training in high speed or i’m totally screwed! But it will come eventually. I’m doing pretty good. The teachers were surprised at what i could say and understand. For example at lunch the director of the school was trying to get me and english menu and i said there was no need. I know how to read and i can sound out the words. Many things on most menus i have eaten before, so ordering is not a problem for me.
I have to teach a class on friday. I am a bit stressed about that one. But my counterpart told me what books they use and i brought them with me. i’ll have to ask what lesson they are on tomorrow so i can plan my lesson for friday. It should go ok.
Today was crazy. I traveled to Chirpan, Bulgaria (two hours away) and then met the director for lunch, met the students, had a teacher meeting, and then coffee with all the teachers afterwards. This may sound easy, but please remember that my bulgarain language skills are not too good. What’s worse is neither are there english skills. So they kept asking me why i was so quite, which was frustrating at times. But i understand their point of view. It just seems that in Bulgaria people dont try and see mine. They are always expecting things from me but fail to remember that i’m totally out of my element in this country.