1st Day of School

This is our 1st day of school photo. Its a tradition... even when you're the teacher!

Well, I am SO happy to report that I survived my 1st day of school! It actually went well, but my kids are much smarter than I expected them to be... the next lesson will have to be more challenging haha. I am teaching English Reading and Writing for M1 and M2 students, which is the equivalent of 7th and 8th grade in the United States. The m2s like to talk A LOT and work ahead of what we are doing at the moment... its a little tricky but I'll get the hang of it. The m1s are shy about using their English but they behave so well, its very endearing. All together it was fun, but extremely exhausting. I have just under 40 kids in 8 different classes (each grade has 4 sections) so there are a lot of students to remember and they all have different nicknames. The most memorable ones from today were "Golf" and "Bank."

It felt good at the end of the day when as I was walking out of the school and my students continued to day "goodbye teacher" and smile as I passed by. I'm going to take that as a good sign.

This is the outside of the school. King Rama IX sits above the sign, looking as cool as ever.

Below are mine and Dan's "all done with the first day of school" photos. It was a long day.