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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Teaching at the University

So I finally started teaching at the Teacher Training college, 6 weeks late. It was delayed because of the elections, nothing starts on time, etc. Then on the first day, I didn't know where to go, so I called another teacher to show me where the classroom is. So a half hour before class is about to start, I call him up. He comes over, but tells me the classroom is in use. Then he makes a bunch of calls and finally its decided that I will teach at 5 pm (6 hours late), just for that class. The other teacher told me he would call me later and tell me where to go. 5 o'clock rolled around and no call. Finally at 5:30 he calls me me and says take a moto to the Bilingual School! So of course I jump on a moto and roll up there. It didn't take long for my students to find me, I kinda stick out.
Then the next week, the class was supposed to start at the real time in the real classroom. But I couldn't get a hold of anyone to give me directions. All I had was a neighborhood name. No one was answering their phones. So I just hopped on a moto and told the driver the name I had. I got off the moto by some university students and asked them. They said oh its not too far, just make a right there and straight down-across from the Women's Center. So I just wandered around for a bit, asked someone where the Women's Center is, and finally reached a building, which sure enough was the classroom!
The class is going well so far, with all 150 students. It just goes to show you that this is a reversy land. Everything that is easy in the US is hard here, and everything that is easy here is hard in the US. C'est la vie I guess!

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