Quote of the week: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" - Winston Churchill

I have been encouraged by my yukonian friend Jayme to begin writing in my blog again (apparently people are actually bored enough to read this). I'd like to start off by saying that BC is still the most beautiful place in the whole world, and I can not believe that I've already been here for a month. As I finish my 3rd week of teachings I am happy to report that things are going very well.

This week was actually pretty hectic for our school, or at least the 5,6,7 class. On Monday it was a Pro-D day, which meant meetings all day! I spent the afternoon/evening planning for the week and was in bed pretty early on Monday night. On Tuesday we had a regular school day. It was hard to get the kids back on track after a 3 day weekend. I was talking with one of the other teachers and we decided that Wed and Thurs are the optimal teaching days. On Monday its a write off because its just after the weekend, on Friday its a write off because its just before the weekend and Tuesday is still too early in the week to tell. Any big concepts or new concepts will be introduced on Wed or Thurs....we'll see if that theory works. HA.

On Wednesday my class took part in BC's "forest week" we got to go on a field trip to explore BC forest industry. We planted trees, went on a hike, and participated in logging games. It was a lot of fun to hang out and bond with the students outside of the classroom. They really have unique personalities and I am really enjoying getting to know them.

Today I had a really great day, we didn't do anything exciting in the classroom but everyone was so well behaved it made me very happy. The kids play this game during gym called "snowball" and its actually so fun. I played a few rounds and it was exhausting. After school I planned on starting a running club.....but I don't want to get started on how that turned out.

All in all I am having an amazing time out in BC! I have a great class, an amazing apartment and have met some really wonderful people. I am so lucky to have the opportunities that I do, and I am living the dream.

Cheers :)
Sarah