Everything is going really well in my school. I'm finding the longer I work here as a Language Assistant the easier it is becoming for me to prepare and teach my weekly lessons. The hardest part is probably remembering all of my students names. I have already been working at Grupo Cantico for almost two months and I can finally say that I almost know all of their names, however there a few that I still don't know. It makes it hard only having each class once or twice a week plus the fact that they aren't typical American names makes it a little harder.
About two weeks ago the history teacher, Rafael, who I have been working with since the start of the school year had his last day. He was only a temporary substitute teacher taking the place of another teacher who had been sick. His departure from Cordoba was very sudden. He told me the day of that it was his last day at Grupo Cantico. (I think because it wasn't definite when the other teacher, Maria, would be starting). It was a little sad to see him leave since I had gotten used to working with him and he probably is one of the few younger teachers at my school. However, I have enjoyed working with his replacement. She has quite a few years of experience teaching and has a good level of English so we have worked well together as well. The day before Rafael left I went out with him in the city which was nice. I'm sure I'll see him again if I go back to Malaga; the city where he is from.
Around the same time we had a big lunch at my school to welcome all of the new teachers. It was at the end of the school day for only the teachers and we were all expected to bring one dish or drink to share. It consisted of many different typical Spanish dishes. The amount of food supplied was incredible. I felt like a special guest. Everyone was serving Henry (the other Language Assistant) and I each of their prepared dishes. As you can imagine I had more than enough to eat. I brought brownies for dessert that I had made from a mix. To say the least everyone was in love with them and was asking me for the recipe. The plate of brownies went very fast and next time I will know to bake more. It was great to meet and get to talk to some of the teachers who I hadn't really known before. They are all so welcoming and accommodating to my needs. One of the teacher's has offered to take me to a soccer game next time there is a home game and a few of them want to play tennis with me.
Along with my obligations of preparing and teaching classes every week, I am also responsible for updating the school website with a personal blog about myself and where I am from. It took a little a while for me to learn how to use the site. Last week I was finally able to post my first blog and I hope to stay up to date with them as important events, holidays and traditions take place in the United States. Below I have included the site for my first blog entry. Compliments of Rick Katzenburg I have used his photos to show Amherst in the fall because they were just so beautiful and capture New England in the fall so perfectly.
On a side not, last night I was able to meet up with two of my sorority sisters, Christina Tierney and Leah Puening, who are studying in Salamanca for the semester and are on a big group trip to the South of Spain. Their group stopped in Cordoba for the night. So it was great and so crazy to be able to see some fellow Thetas who I haven't seen for so long. Its always nice to have people from home to meet up with especially when your in a foreign country.
There is a taste of what I have been up to at my school as a Language and Culture Assistant so far.
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