So in a few hours I begin teaching. Part of me is certainly sorry that vacation is over a month earlier than it would be if I were still teaching in a regular university program (the normal sememster starts in September but our program starts in August). However, part of me is looking forward to having a regular schedule again since I seem better able to get work done and budget my time when part of each day is dictated to me.
Anyway, I should have more stories to tell soon.
One of my new responsibilities as a lead teacher is to prepare student booklets. This week I need to work on 3: one for SLA, one for the SLA part-time class, and one for the academic skills part-time class.
Honestly, I'm not looking forward to this. I love being in the classroom, but sitting in front of a computer creating booklets can be fairly tedious.
Now that I'm finally on vacation, I was able to complete a project I've been working on for a few months now. ESL go.com's click to donate function is a button on the homepage. Click the button (upper left side) and you'll be taken to the advertiser's page. The advertisers then make a small contribution to purchasing food for hungry people. Go click please! Only one click/day is recorded and if you like, you can register. If you click while logged in you can keep track of how much you donate.