March 23, 2021

Tuesday

One of my last Tuesdays! Yay!

I started the day early on the 7:20 bus to school. I sat around in the staffroom until my classes started at 9:00. I enjoyed a coffee and got about halfway through another book.

I presented to all the students on New Orleans. I showed them where the city was located in the US, where it was located in Louisiana, and then we went through pictures of all the cool things that make New Orleans special. The first two classes decided that it wasn’t a city they wanted to visit because they don’t like jazz and don’t think the buildings look very pretty. I thought that the New Orleans style was really similar to the style in Paris, but with a bit more color.

The third class of the day was an absolute mess. I knew they would have a hard time with the presentation, so I brought them a worksheet to do. I took words that I used in the presentation and told them to match English to the French translation on the other side of the page. That alone took about 20 minutes and left us pressed for time to correct the pages. Throughout the process it seemed like little quarrels were breaking out in every corner of the room simultaneously. One boy would throw a marker at a girl and she’d yell at him, while in another corner someone might steal something from another student and that student would get upset. It seemed like the moment I tried to handle one problem, another would pop up. I felt so overwhelmed! Thankfully, class finally ended and I was able to head home on the bus.

When I arrived home, I made myself lunch and took a really long recovery nap. I worked on writing for a bit and then read a book. I made a pizza for dinner and had a good chat with my friends on the phone before bed. The difference in daylight savings time between the US and France for the week was nice. I got to spend more time on the phone with folks.