Thursday, March 5, 2009

Professor

I have now completed about 2 weeks of teaching at the University of Suli. The teaching itself has gone well but working out the schedule has been far from smooth. I still have one class that hasn't met yet and another that I've had to cancel because the classroom I was teaching in was taken over by another class. I also have another class that has just been redivided for me and another teacher because we were teaching all different language levels. I also just found out we may be starting some classes with graduate students and we are having new students we want to join the program everyday. Hopefully we will have a set schedule soon! So far the students have been extremely friendly and I have observed an enormous desire to learn English. I have especially enjoyed working with my intermediate students as they are at a higher enough level to have conversations in class and to participate in classroom activities.
On my days off I have had a chance to go to one of the mountains around Suli and even explore a cave. I woke up yesterday and saw snow up in the mountains and had a chance today to go up until the snow with my roommates.
Unfortunately I have been unable to post any pictures since I have been here mostly because of weak internet connections. I will post some as soon as I find a way to do it.