One week down and a year to go! I finished my first full week as an auxiliar on Friday. As soon as I made it through my apartment door I partook in my first siesta in Madrid – I am convinced teachers were huge lobbyist for Spain’s daily napping phenomenon. After a week of work I have learned a plethora of things about teaching, English, planning ahead, and Spain’s ‘12 and under’ population:
1. Kids hug their teacher no matter what age or country they are from – a sweaty, twelve-year old boy bear hugged me after an intense game of fútbol and I’m positive he left sweat stains on my shirt.
2. Rubbers = erases in British English.
3. Responding in English to questions asked in Spanish is enough to convince a first grader you don’t speak Spanish.
4. ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes’ is a classic world-wide.
5. Two hour lunch breaks are great in theory.
6. When hard boiling eggs make sure you take the right eggs with you to work. Salmonela kills.
7. Don’t correct a certain teacher’s English unless you can explain your suggestion with a number of specific grammar rules. Instead, let them continue to tell their students, "You are getting me crazy!"
8. All schools should include a 30 minute breakfast in their daily schedules.
9. Students in Spain love to outsmart their parents by talking only in English with their teachers.
10. Spanish kids pass notes in class, too.
This weekend is a holiday weekend and I’m going to Salamanca with some friends for a few days!
Un beso, Rachel
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