Started with actual students today after a week and a half of in service meetings. It was a relief. I will be teaching English to all students at Libertad grades 7-12 next week. Today I had only two groups, tomorrow three more. This week is starting slowly with half days for students and full days for teachers. We started our day with prayer and ended it with prayer. I can only hope that all this prayer makes for a better working environment than what I experienced last year. Students and school culture are very different from Mission. What this cultural difference means as far as my role as teacher remains to be seen. Less money here is evident here at Libertad, but better manners also seemed evident today. We shall see.....
Monday, August 24, 2009
Class Begins!!!
Started with actual students today after a week and a half of in service meetings. It was a relief. I will be teaching English to all students at Libertad grades 7-12 next week. Today I had only two groups, tomorrow three more. This week is starting slowly with half days for students and full days for teachers. We started our day with prayer and ended it with prayer. I can only hope that all this prayer makes for a better working environment than what I experienced last year. Students and school culture are very different from Mission. What this cultural difference means as far as my role as teacher remains to be seen. Less money here is evident here at Libertad, but better manners also seemed evident today. We shall see.....
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yes, thanks. I am going to order that book you suggested on Kindle. The author has several titles available and they all look so good. I have not been able to decide which ones to buy.
ReplyDeleteThe "Magic of Conflict" book is the first one he published. It went along with a 3-day seminar he conducts. I like the way he looks at conflict...flowing with the energy of conflict instead of placing a line in the sand and not considering where the other person is coming from. "Journey to Center" seems to be a compilation of what he discussed in his seminar.
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